Liz Peek confirms that Wall Street expects further interest rate cuts despite strong GDP growth and a stable job market. She stresses that Artificial Intelligence is seriously impacting corporate hiring plans, noting major employers like Walmart are prepa
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
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🗓️ 1 October 2025
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| 0:00.0 | This is CBS Eye on the World. |
| 0:08.5 | Here's John Batchelor. |
| 0:11.5 | The American economy, the global economy. |
| 0:14.2 | I welcome my good colleague, Elizabeth Peake, writes a column for The Hill, |
| 0:18.9 | writes a column for Fox News, much on Fox business, to comment first |
| 0:22.3 | on the decision of the Federal Reserve to lower the interest rates at least one quarter |
| 0:28.6 | notch toward loosening in some fashion the cost of money and leaving the real estate market |
| 0:36.3 | to anticipate a wonderful spring of 26. |
| 0:40.2 | Liz, a very good evening to you. |
| 0:41.5 | The housing market around me in rural Connecticut is moving. |
| 0:45.9 | Now, I don't think that's the Federal Reserve. |
| 0:48.2 | I think it's young people making plans to start families. |
| 0:51.7 | Good for them. |
| 0:52.9 | But in any event, that is a piece of the story that |
| 0:56.2 | could go nationwide if the Federal Reserve follows through on its first quarter point. |
| 1:01.6 | You're very, very keen on the Wall Street opinion here, and I depend upon you to help me. |
| 1:08.7 | Does Wall Street still count on more cuts this year? |
| 1:12.0 | How many more cuts? |
| 1:13.3 | And does it project into 26th what it thinks it needs to get the economy moving? |
| 1:18.4 | Good evening to you. |
| 1:19.9 | Good evening, John. |
| 1:21.5 | So the answer is that Wall Street is looking for more interest rate cuts, even though, |
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