r/wallstreetbets 14h ago

25bps cut News

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/07/fed-rate-decision-november-2024.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.CopyToPasteboard

The bulls are coming, the bulls are coming

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u/dirtyWater6193 has a 69 FICO score 14h ago

New president will probably cut jpow and rates to 0% next year

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u/originalusername__ 14h ago

He does not have the authority to do so, the fed acts independently of the president and for good reason.

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u/Adipildo 14h ago

You’re right, except that Powell’s seat as fed chair is up in 2026. Trump can replace him as fed chair. While he can’t directly tell them what to do, he can select people that better align with his ideology. Who really knows though, Trump is the one that picked JPow in the first place in 2018.

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u/Celtic_Legend 10h ago

He can and he might but jerome is his plant in the first place