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Federal Reserve Cuts Rates to Stabilize Labor Market

9/23/2025

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Powell Cuts Rates

The Federal Reserve cut the federal funds rate for the first time in 2025, to 4-4.25%.
Jerome Powell, Fed Chair, called it a "risk-management cut" to stabilize the labor market as unemployment reached 4.3%.
Miran dissented, urging a larger half-point cut, arguing rates threaten employment.
Bowman and other officials urged further cuts, signaling possible additional reductions amid caution about aggressiveness.

Summary

Trump Pressures Fed

President Donald Trump pressures the Federal Reserve by threatening to fire officials.
He targeted Fed Governor Lisa Cook and Jerome Powell, raising concerns.
Trump says lower rates could save $1 trillion annually, 'fiscal dominance'.
Stephen Miran, a Trump appointee, dissented in the rate cut.
Regional bank presidents’ terms expire February 2026, enabling a pro-Trump majority.

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Powell Cuts Rates

The Federal Reserve cut the federal funds rate for the first time in 2025, to 4-4.25%.
Jerome Powell, Fed Chair, called it a "risk-management cut" to stabilize the labor market as unemployment reached 4.3%.
Miran dissented, urging a larger half-point cut, arguing rates threaten employment.
Bowman and other officials urged further cuts, signaling possible additional reductions amid caution about aggressiveness.

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