Colby Smith
Federal Reserve and US Economy Correspondent at The New York Times
US economics editor @FinancialTimes. Previously @FTAlphaville, @TheEconomist, @BloombergTV. [email protected]
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afr.com | Colby Smith |Jonathan Swan |Maggie Haberman
Colby Smith, Jonathan Swan and Maggie HabermanApr 19, 2025 – 11.55am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? President Donald Trump this week revived a long-standing threat against Jerome Powell when he accused the Federal Reserve chair of “playing politics” and moving too slowly to lower interest rates.
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einvestidor.estadao.com.br | Colby Smith |Jonathan Swan |Maggie Haberman
O presidente Donald Trump reacendeu esta semana uma ameaça de longa data contra Jerome Powell, ao acusar o presidente do Federal Reserve de “fazer política” e de ser muito lento na redução das taxas de juros. Mas, reservadamente, segundo pessoas próximas a Trump, o presidente está ciente há meses de que tentar destituir Powell pode injetar ainda mais volatilidade nos mercados financeiros.
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estadao.com.br | Colby Smith |Jonathan Swan |Maggie Haberman
O presidente dos Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, retomou nesta semana uma ameaça antiga contraJerome H. Powell ao acusar o presidente do Federal Reserve (Fed, o banco central dos EUA) de estar “fazendo política” e de agir devagar demais para reduzir as taxas de juros no país. Mas, em privado, segundo pessoas próximas a Trump, o presidente tem consciência há meses de que tentar destituir Powell poderia injetar ainda mais volatilidade em mercados financeiros já nervosos.
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nytimes.com | Colby Smith |Jonathan Swan |Maggie Haberman
President Trump again attacked the chair of the Federal Reserve this week, but advisers say the president has turned more cautious on policies that could stoke extreme financial volatility again. President Trump this week revived a longstanding threat against Jerome H. Powell when he accused the Federal Reserve chair of "playing politics" and moving too slowly to lower interest rates.
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nytimes.com | Colby Smith
President Trump lashed out at Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, on Thursday, saying "Powell's termination cannot come fast enough!"Mr. Trump's ire followed remarks by Mr. Powell on Wednesday, in which he warned in a speech that tariffs could create a "challenging scenario" for the central bank by putting its two main goals - stable inflation and a healthy labor market - in tension.
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UMICH: Year-ahead inflation expectations surged from 5.0% last month to 6.7% this month, the highest reading since 1981. Long-run inflation expectations climbed from 4.1% in March to 4.4% in April, reflecting a particularly large jump among independents.
“Rare, ugly and worrying”. That is how Krishna Guha, vice-chair at Evercore ISI, described the market moves today. In the last 30 yrs he said there are only four other times that the U.S dollar index depreciated more than 1.5% with the yield on 30-yr Treasuries up more than 10bps
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, @Austan_Goolsbee captured a lot of the anxiety that is coursing through financial markets today. Despite Trump's U-turn on Wednesday, tariffs of the kind that are now in effect are "not negligible" for the economy. A 10 percent tariff on the