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The ongoing investigation into the Fed and Chair Powell intensifies political pressure and undermines confidence in US monetary policy independence. Market reactions include a weaker dollar, higher Treasury yields, and a pronounced rally in precious metals, reflecting eroding trust in US institutions.
Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte told Barron's the Trump administration wants “the right incentives and disincentives—so the carrot and sticks approach—with the builders.”
Anthony Scaramucci, former White House communications director and founder and managing partner at SkyBridge Capital, joins 'Money Movers' to discuss the DOJ probe into Fed Chair Powell, the market's reaction to the news, and more.
The labor market is the biggest reason the Fed would continue cutting rates. The immediate response to the unemployment rate being slightly better than expected (lower) led many market strategists to conclude that the Fed would not lower rates in January.
The escalating clash between the FED and the government threatens the FED's independence, introducing new political risk into markets. Rising political uncertainty is driving investors toward gold as a 'politically risk-free' asset, while Treasuries lose their traditional safe-haven status.
Although the Santa Claus rally the markets expected ended before ever starting, the "Big Three" still ended 2025 with a bang: The NASDAQ finished up roughly 20%, the S&P 500 gained about 16%, while the Dow Jones lagged at 13% but finished the year strong — exactly what seasonal traders expected.
A group of former Federal Reserve chairs and ex-Treasury secretaries from both administrations of both parties is defending Fed Chair Jerome Powell amid the Trump DOJ's investigation.
Scott Alvarez, former general counsel to the Fed Board of Governors, joins 'Money Movers' to discuss the possible motivation behind the DOJ's investigation into Fed Chair Powell, what he predicts the outcome will be, and more.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says the threat of criminal charges from the US Justice Department is "a consequence" of the US central bank's rate decisions. The Justice Department threatened a criminal indictment related to his June congressional testimony on ongoing renovations of the Fed's headquarters.
Jay Powell has vowed to stand firm in the face of grand jury subpoenas - a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration's attacks on the Fed. Michael McKee explains.
Heading into the traditionally challenging second year of the US presidential cycle, global news flow continues to erode consumer and business confidence. The University of Michigan consumer sentiment index, at 53.3 in December, was 23% below the 69.6 average reading at recession lows since 1953 and only weaker at the May 1980 recession low of 51.7.
Cooper Howard says Fed independence is “crucial” for markets and sees the DOJ probe into Powell ramping up the pressure on that. He thinks the move could potentially backfire on President Trump's agenda.
The Fed Chair Powell has likely been pressured to resign as a Governor after his term as the Chair expires in May, which has implications for the FOMC balance. At this point, the market is not concerned about runaway inflation should the FOMC lose independence, with the only warning coming from precious metals.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell charged in a video released Sunday night that President Donald Trump's Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation of his testimony to Congress about the Fed building renovation project as a "pretext" for gaining control of monetary policy. The 10-year Treasury yield rose early Monday as investors reacted to added uncertainty over Fed independence and the implications for inflation.
Powell testified to the Senate Banking Committee in June and answered questions about the Fed's plans to renovate its buildings in Washington, D.C. The renovation project has gone over budget and ballooned to a cost of $2.5 billion, raising scrutiny from Republicans who have taken issue with the exorbitant costs.
The “GDPNow” forecast is a real-time, data-based “nowcast” of the current U.S. real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate, generated by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. GDPNow leverages the freshest monthly economic data, such as retail sales, housing starts, and trade balances, to imitate the official calculation method of the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).
Target and Coca-Cola are of particular interest as the sector gathers steam.
The “sell America” trade my be the worry of the day, but some analysts say it's not the worry of the year.
Federal prosecutors are conducting a criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell focused on the $2.5 billion renovation of the central bank's headquarters in Washington, D.C., and his related testimony to Congress, he said on Sunday evening.
U.S. banks are entering the new year on solid footing after a strong 2025, and analysts say that momentum should continue, barring any unforeseen shocks.