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Closing Bell

Closing Bell: Fed Cuts Rates by 50 Basis Points 9/18/24

Closing Bell

CNBC

News, Business

4.4139 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The Federal Reserve cut rates by 50 basis points today … and stocks fell in response. DoubleLine’s Jeffrey Gundlach gives his first take on what this could mean for the economy and your money. Plus, expert analysis from Senior Markets Commentator Mike Santoli.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Chair Powell saying moments ago you heard it in the news conference that there is greater confidence that inflation is moving closer to their target

0:07.0

that the labor market has cooled but that the economy remains strong overall

0:11.1

important to note to today that there was one dissent from Governor Bowman.

0:14.9

That's the first from a position of that stature since 2005.

0:19.6

Stocks have been a bit volatile following the decision.

0:22.3

We can take a look now we are higher

0:23.8

across the board we'll track it of course over this final stretch welcome everybody

0:26.8

to closing bell I'm Scott Wopner we're live today in downtown Los Angeles at

0:30.2

double line and we are joined now by the firm's founder, CEO and C. I.

0:34.3

Jeffrey Gunlock who always joins us on Fed Day.

0:36.9

Thanks for having us here once again.

0:38.6

Nice to be here. You said yesterday when we spoke 50 was your call.

0:42.1

That's what you thought it was going to be now

0:43.5

we have that now what's your reaction today? Obviously I'm not surprised because I

0:47.9

thought was going to be 50 I thought it was interesting that later in the press

0:50.9

conference Jay Powell admitted that they maybe could have gone in July.

0:55.9

I remember when we met six weeks or seven weeks ago at the July 31st meeting, I said I think

1:00.6

they should have cut.

1:02.3

And what probably spurred my confidence that this cut was coming

1:06.0

was since July 31st, the two-year Treasury yield

1:09.5

has dropped by more than 50 basis points.

1:11.9

It's changing.

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