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  • 1 week ago | qz.com | Joseph Zeballos-Roig

    President Donald Trump's extraordinary offensive against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is drawing back-up from another administration official. Suggested ReadingBill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, pushed for Powell's resignation in a Fox Business interview on Friday. It follows an identical string of attacks from Pulte against the central bank chief on social media.

  • 1 week ago | qz.com | Joseph Zeballos-Roig

    A top Federal Reserve official said Friday he believes the central bank should move ahead with an interest rate cut next month. Suggested Reading"I think we’re in the position that we could do this as early as July,” Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said in a CNBC interview. “That would be my view, whether the committee would go along with it or not.”Waller added he doesn't expect inflation that might stem from tariffs will reach a significant level or linger for a prolonged period.

  • 1 week ago | qz.com | Joseph Zeballos-Roig

    A top Senate official decided that Republicans can't defund the Consumer Financial Protection bureau and other regulators in President Donald Trump's megabill, according to Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee.

  • 1 week ago | qz.com | Joseph Zeballos-Roig

    The Social Security trust fund will run out of federal cash in 2033 and prompt a benefit cut without Congress stepping in to fortify the program, per a new trustees' report released Wednesday. Suggested ReadingThe trustees warned that Social Security's depletion date moved up two years from last year's report, which predicted it would run out in 2035.

  • 1 week ago | qz.com | Joseph Zeballos-Roig

    President Donald Trump is still fed up with the Federal Reserve for not bending to his longstanding and extraordinary pressure campaign. Suggested ReadingAhead of the central bank's latest decision on interest rates, Trump on Wednesday renewed his barrage of attacks against Fed Chair Jerome Powell. He insulted Powell and toyed with the idea of installing himself as Fed Chair. He also said that if he were in the position, he would lower interest rates by 2.5 percentage points.

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Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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6 Jun 25

RT @Phil_Lewis_: WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court allows DOGE team to access Social Security systems with personal data on millions of Ameri…

Joseph Zeballos-Roig
Joseph Zeballos-Roig @josephzeballos
5 Jun 25

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Joseph Zeballos-Roig
Joseph Zeballos-Roig @josephzeballos

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Joseph Zeballos-Roig
Joseph Zeballos-Roig @josephzeballos
5 Jun 25

Can’t wait for future historical fiction novels about the billionaire breakup https://t.co/3jBn9rAtlJ