Instant Reaction: Jay Powell Talks Fed Policy
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🗓️ 31 July 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Bloomberg's Tom Keene, Lisa Abramowicz and Jonathan Ferro cover the latest remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell, following the central bank's latest policy decision.
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| 0:00.0 | Want to understand exactly how interest rate rises will impact your mortgage? |
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| 0:45.0 | This market got the davishness it wanted to hear. The equity market's positive by |
| 0:54.3 | close to 2% on the S&P 500 on the NASDAQ 100 up by 3.3. We're moving closer |
| 0:59.9 | to cutting interest rates. September could well be on the table. Push that through the |
| 1:04.0 | bond market a fifth consecutive day of gains for the 10-year treasury. Yield to lower. We're down by |
| 1:09.6 | four basis points on a 10-year. It's a break of 4.1%. |
| 1:13.1 | So we've all got the same question, |
| 1:14.2 | just how low is the bar for a rate cut in September? |
| 1:17.8 | This is what the chairman had to say. |
| 1:21.6 | The question will be, whether the totality of the data, the evolving outlook, and the balance of risks are consistent with rising confidence on inflation and maintaining a solid labor market. |
| 1:32.0 | If that test is met, a reduction in our policy rate could be on the table as soon as the next meeting in September. |
| 1:39.0 | So let's talk about the calendar. |
| 1:41.0 | The next meeting, September 18th, the date are in between. the calendar |
| 1:43.4 | data in between August 2nd this coming Friday payrolls August 14th |
| 1:48.4 | a CPI report September 6th the jobs report on the 11th |
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