Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is in discussion with reporters following the usual Federal Open Market Committee meeting held at the Fed in Washington, DC on July 30, 2025.
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The US Personal Consumption Expense Price Index for August will be released on Friday. The Federal Reserve hopes the report shows that headline inflation is in line at 2.8% per year or below economists’ forecasts. Higher, investors may start to worry that last week’s Fed quarterly cuts were premature and that inflation could allow the claws to be submerged into the economy again.
Certainly, the profit 10 years and 30 years Treasurys rose following interest rate cuts as they tend to follow the direction in which interest rates move. Of course, there are other factors that affect yields, such as the level of government debt and fiscal policy. Therefore, the move by Treasurys could suggest that the bond market was not convinced that the current economic situation in the US would justify the reduction.
However, the stock market seemed to have dispelled these concerns. Friday, S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average Closed with another record. Additionally, all three major US indexes had strong shows the week. Nasdaq Composite 2.2% climbing.
Hindsight makes decisions clear. It gives the power to glove with “I told you so,” or gives one person the embarrassment to keep waking up with a finger at 2am, that’s that for the Fed, hindsight is 2.8%/2.8%.
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(Pro) Check out the Fed’s priority inflation gauge. The Personal Consumption Expense Price Index will be released on Friday. If prices indicate a faster increase than expected, the market rate-cut mood could quickly become a turn.
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