Veteran fund manager sends hard-nosed message on Fed interest rate policy

The longtime Wall Street money manager has a blunt take on the Federal Reserve.

May 24, 2025 - 02:08
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Veteran fund manager sends hard-nosed message on Fed interest rate policy

You’ve gotta feel bad for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.

Since he took over, he’s had to manage the American economy through Covid, post-stimulus inflation, and a bear market in stocks.

His job isn’t getting any easier.

Nowadays, inflation has proven sticky even as job losses mount. Worse, President Donald Trump's harsher-than-hoped tariffs make interest-rate-cut decisions even more challenging. Cut rates and you risk fanning inflationary flames. Raise rates and you could send the economy into a recession.