Trump’s Pursuit of Powell Threatens to Muddle Fed Tea Leaves
Bloomberg Surveillance
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🗓️ 16 January 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Bloomberg Surveillance hosted by Tom Keene & Alexis Christoforous
Friday, January 16th, 2026
Featuring:
1) Stephen Parker, Co-Head of Global Investment Strategy at JPMorgan Private Bank, discusses how AI fragmentation and inflation are defining investor strategy.
2) Dr. Alexis Crow, Partner & Chief Economist at PwC US, analyzes why diversification away from the US and toward Europe and EM is becoming increasingly important for investors.
3) Ebrahim Rahbari, Head of Rates Strategy & US Research at Absolute Strategy Research, on how the DoJ subpoena of Jerome Powell raises serious questions about Fed independence.
) Dr. Lindsay Newman, Geopolitical Risk Expert at GZero Media & Visiting Research Fellow at King's College, examines how mixed signals from Washington complicate geopolitical forecasting.
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| 0:42.3 | Stephen Parker's in charge of thoughtful conversations for J.P. Morgan, Private Bank. |
| 0:47.1 | Can we get Jamie Diamond in a bowtie? |
| 0:49.1 | For those of you on radio, Parker's just rocking the fashion bowtie here. |
| 0:54.1 | It's a lot of brazen thing I'd never wear. It's a lot for me. Can we get you in a bow tie? You're in a hand I could never get in a bow tie. I would love it. I mean, Tom, if there's anybody who can convince him it's got the... If I see him in Central Park, when he's running and I'm not, I'll see if I can get it. Doug, what are you hearing from your clients? |
| 1:12.6 | JPMorgan Private Bank, I want to know the team of people you have, your ears to the rail. |
| 1:18.6 | What are you hearing from J.P. Morgan investors with you? |
| 1:22.6 | Yeah, so the big question, we've obviously had a couple of years of a very strong equity market performance. |
| 1:28.3 | And the question is whether or not this continues. |
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