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🚨 Trump vs. Powell: What It Means for Markets 🧨
🔸 Trump just torched Fed Chair Jerome Powell — calling him “TOO LATE, TOO ANGRY, TOO STUPID & TOO POLITICAL” after the Fed held rates steady at 4.25–4.50% for the fifth straight time.
🔸 He blamed Powell for losing the U.S. “trillions”, slammed the Fed’s $2.5B HQ renovation as corrupt, and floated the idea (again) of firing him — though he called it “unlikely”… for now.
⚠️ Why This Isn’t Just Political Drama
✅ Undermining Fed Independence
Trump’s threats risk politicizing the Fed — dangerous ground. If monetary policy is seen as politically driven, it could destroy credibility, spike borrowing costs, and damage the dollar’s global trust.
✅ Confidence in Policy? Fading Fast
The Fed’s data-driven “wait and see” stance on inflation now looks shaky under pressure. Trump's attacks cast doubt: are future rate moves about economics… or politics?
✅ Markets Are Reacting
🔻 Yields up
🔻 Equities down
🔻 Rate cut bets are fading — sub-50% odds of a September cut (down from 65%)
🧠 This isn’t just Trump being loud. If this escalates, the Fed’s hands may be tied — and that’s exactly what markets fear.
🧨 Tariffs. Sticky inflation. Political noise. Uncertain policy direction.
📉 Not the mix you want if you're betting on stability.
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