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  1. Relative Value Investing Channel
  2. Trump’s Fed Thoughts: “No Guts, No Sense, No Vision”
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Trump's Fed Thoughts: “No Guts, No Sense, No Vision”

Aaron NeuwirthSep 25, 2019
2019-09-25

Soon after the quarter-point rate cut by the Federal Reserve, U.S. President Donald Trump took to Twitter for another round of central bank criticizing. This time, he tweeted that the Fed had “no guts, no sense, no vision” after what appeared to be a divided central bank on where to take interest rate policy in the future.

Jay Powell and the Federal Reserve Fail Again. No “guts,” no sense, no vision! A terrible communicator!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 18, 2019

The Federal Reserve should get our interest rates down to ZERO, or less, and we should then start to refinance our debt. INTEREST COST COULD BE BROUGHT WAY DOWN, while at the same time substantially lengthening the term. We have the great currency, power, and balance sheet.....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 11, 2019

The latest rate cut comes directly after the Fed implemented their first cut in 11 years during their July meeting. The policy statement between the July cut and this month’s cut were nearly identical as the central bank cited ““the implications of global developments for the economic outlook as well as muted inflation pressures.”

Per a CNBC report, “In a rare move, the Fed’s own benchmark fed funds target rate rose to 2.3% on Tuesday, above the target range set when it cut rates at its last meeting in July. The target range is 2% to 2.25%, and the funds rate was at 2.25% on Monday.”

“This just doesn’t look good. You set your target. You’re the all-powerful Fed. You’re supposed to control it and you can’t on Fed day. It looks bad. This has been a tough run for Powell,” said Michael Schumacher, director, rate strategy, at Wells Fargo.


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This article originally appeared on ETFTrends.com

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