Fed Watch: Powell’s Last Stand & What Comes Next?

About this episode

Kevin Flanagan discusses the implications of the Fed's recent decisions and the potential shift in leadership.

At the April FOMC meeting, the Fed held rates steady for a third consecutive time, but uncertainty is only building. This week on the Basis Points podcast, Kevin Flanagan explains why a data-dependent Fed and a likely shift to a Warsh-led regime could signal the easing cycle is nearing its end. Basis point: 1/100th of 1 percent. Learn more: https://www.wisdomtree.com/investments/multimedia/basis-points-podcasts#Listen%20now Please see the WisdomTree Glossary for additional definitions of terms and/or indexes: https://www.wisdomtree.com/investments/glossary

People in this episode

Host: Kevin Flanagan

Topics covered

• Federal Reserve
• interest rates
• economic policy
• FOMC meeting
• data dependency
• easing cycle

Keywords

• Federal Reserve
• interest rates
• FOMC
• Kevin Flanagan
• Warsh
• easing cycle
• data-dependent

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fed, WisdomTree Asset Management, Warsh

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