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CNBC's "Fast Money"

The Feud For The Fed… And How It’s Hitting The Bond Market 7/16/25

CNBC's "Fast Money"

CNBC

Business, Investing, News

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Rumors about Trump’s firing Fed Chair Powell heating up – then cooling back down. How the bond market is responding to Trump’s back and forth on Powell. Plus United’s second-quarter earnings results and Wedbush’s Dan Ives forecasts big tech earnings. Fast Money Disclaimer

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0:00.0

Live from the NASDAQ market site in the heart of New York City's Times Square.

0:05.4

This is fast money.

0:06.4

Here's what's on tap tonight.

0:07.8

Stocks whipsawing, short-term rates dropping, and the dollar down.

0:11.9

We dig in on the market reaction as tensions between the president and the Fed share hit new highs.

0:17.5

And back on track, a trio of crypto-related bills seem to regain momentum last night, but facing another set back today.

0:24.8

What it'll mean for the industry as Bitcoin trades near record highs.

0:28.4

Plus, we're watching shares of United Airlines after its latest earnings report.

0:32.4

Johnson and Johnson gets a jolt as Q2 results beat expectations.

0:35.7

And we're counting down to Netflix's report tomorrow

0:38.8

afternoon, how the options market is setting up ahead of those results. I'm Courtney Reagan in this

0:43.9

evening for Melissa Lee. Coming to live from Studio B at the NASDAQ on the dust tonight. We have Tim Seymour,

0:49.2

Karen Fireman, Steve Grasso, and Guy Adami. And we start with a growing feud over the Fed that sent ripples through markets today.

0:57.6

Stocks dropping midday on reports that President Trump could try to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell, quote, very soon.

1:03.7

But then, staging a turnaround after the president walked back plans to pull the trigger for now.

1:09.6

Treasury's firmer on the back of that news, with the two-and-ten-year yields both moving lower

1:13.8

and the dollar also weakening slightly.

1:16.2

For more on where things stand between the White House and the central bank, let's bring in

1:19.9

Megan Kisela.

1:21.0

What a day, huh, Megan?

1:24.2

Quite a big day, Courtney, the latest escalation here, as you said in this long-running feud.

1:28.3

But what the president said today is that he's not currently planning to fire the Fed chair.

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