Fed Chief Signals Rate Cuts plus Trump Signs Exec Order to End Cashless Bail
The Ben Ferguson Podcast
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🗓️ 26 August 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
1. Economic Policy & Interest Rates
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It begins by discussing Donald Trump’s long-standing argument that interest rates are too high.
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech (Aug 22) is highlighted, where he suggested conditions may soon warrant interest rate cuts.
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Trump allies (e.g., Peter Navarro) frame this as Powell finally admitting Trump was right about tariffs not driving inflation.
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Market reactions are noted: stocks initially rallied but later cooled, with shifts from mega-cap tech to small-cap strength.
2. Trump vs. Powell Narrative
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Powell’s comments are portrayed as “gobbledygook” compared to Trump’s “clarity.”
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The commentary stresses that lowering interest rates would benefit Americans with mortgages, small businesses, and debt, echoing Trump’s populist framing of economic policy.
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It emphasizes that Powell’s delays harmed Americans and that Trump is vindicated.
3. Cashless Bail & Crime Policy
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The second half shifts to Trump’s executive order targeting cashless bail (starting in Washington, D.C.).
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Trump is framed as prioritizing public safety, while Democrats, progressive prosecutors, and activists (e.g., Black Lives Matter, George Soros) are blamed for crime increases.
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The narrative portrays cashless bail as a failed liberal experiment creating a “revolving door” of criminals.
4. Federal Control of Crime in D.C.
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Trump’s federal law enforcement intervention in D.C. is defended as effective, citing arrests, crime reduction percentages, and removal of homeless encampments.
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Critics (media and Democrats) are depicted as dismissing or covering up crime problems.
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A D.C. police union chairman accuses officials of manipulating crime statistics for political purposes.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:05.2 | You know that Donald Trump has been saying for quite some time that he believes that |
| 0:09.8 | interest rates are far too high, holding back America's economy and making it harder for |
| 0:14.2 | Americans to own a home and to borrow money for small business loans and things like that. |
| 0:20.0 | Well, there's been a war with Jerome Powell, and Jerome Powell actually opened the door, |
| 0:24.5 | finally, to cuts in his August 22nd Jackson Hole speech saying, quote, conditions may warrant |
| 0:33.5 | easing soon and stressing the Fed will move carefully based on inflation and the softening labor market. |
| 0:42.5 | Now, part of this revolved around the real concern in the labor market. |
| 0:47.4 | There are real worries and stress tests. |
| 0:49.9 | Powell highlighted the job market as, quote, red flags, reinforcing why a cautious cut could now |
| 0:57.9 | finally be on the table. |
| 1:00.6 | CBS News even reporting on this saying the inflation risks still matter, saying he flagged |
| 1:06.9 | tariff-related prices, pressuring the related Fed and said that, look, we're trying to do |
| 1:13.9 | what we've got to do. |
| 1:15.3 | They won't allow a, quote, one-time price bump to become persistent inflation, so deep |
| 1:22.1 | rapid cuts are, quote, unlikely as well. |
| 1:26.0 | Now, the market reaction, this was interesting. Stocks rallied Friday |
| 1:29.5 | on the Davish tone, then cooled at Monday's open as enthusiasm faded for what he actually said. |
| 1:37.1 | Now, I want you to actually hear the reality of the situation. Peter Navarro at the White House |
| 1:42.9 | talking on Fox Business Channel with Maria |
| 1:46.0 | Bartaromo. And I want you to hear what he said about all of this happening in Jackson |
| 1:51.7 | Hall. And Powell said, look, this is what we all knew all along. He's finally acknowledging what |
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