Victoria Guida

Washington, D.C., United States

Economics Correspondent and Columnist at POLITICO

Economics correspondent and columnist for @politico. Retweet ≠ endorse. Email: [email protected] Signal: vguida.28

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Powell to Trump: Fed rate moves guided by ‘non-political analysis’

1 week ago | politico.com | Victoria Guida

Powell made no commitments, “except to stress that the path of policy will depend entirely on incoming economic information,” the Fed said. President Donald Trump, left, and Fed Chair Jerome Powell met at the White House for the first time in the president’s second term.
Fed’s Powell tells Trump that rate moves are guided by ‘non-political analysis’

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Victoria Guida

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and President Donald Trump met at the White House on Thursday for the first time in the president’s second term, following recent comments from Trump voicing frustration that Powell hasn’t cut interest rates.
Cloudy with a chance of stagflation

1 week ago | politico.com | Victoria Guida

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Investors Are Sending a Warning to Congress. Will Washington Listen?

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Victoria Guida

In conversations with investors this week, I heard a new level of focus on the sheer volume of debt that Washington is set to pump out and, in some cases, real concern about how it will play out in markets. It was a shift from the perennial elite conversation, where the consensus has generally been that the debt is a worry, but not an immediate one.
Supreme Court signals Trump can't fire Fed's Powell

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Victoria Guida

The order is a win for the central bank, particularly given the president’s longstanding criticism of the Fed chief. FILE - The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) | J.
Supreme Court signals Trump can't fire Fed Chair Powell

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Victoria Guida

The Supreme Court on Thursday said the relationship between the president and the Federal Reserve is different from that of other independent agencies, signaling that Chair Jerome Powell is legally protected from being removed by President Donald Trump.
Trump floats sale of government-controlled housing finance giants

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Victoria Guida

Such a move would be a massive shift for the housing market. U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks from the Oval Office at the White House on March 07, 2025, in Washington, D.C. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images President Donald Trump said he is weighing taking mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public more than 15 years after the government seized control of the two companies, which are at the center of the nation’s housing-finance system.
Moody's downgrades U.S. credit, citing rising debt

3 weeks ago | politico.com | Victoria Guida

The firm said it expects federal deficits to widen, mostly due to increased interest payments on debt, rising entitlement spending and relatively low revenue generation. Moody’s Ratings Service on Friday announced that it is downgrading the U.S.’s creditworthiness in response to an increase in government debt over the past decade and rising interest payments.
Powell plans Fed staff cuts through attrition

3 weeks ago | politico.com | Victoria Guida

In a message to board employees, the central bank chair said “changes around staffing and operations can be challenging.” Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said it is “healthy for any organization to periodically take a fresh look at its staffing and resources.” | Jacquelyn Martin/AP Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told staff on Friday that he is aiming for a 10 percent reduction in personnel at the central bank’s Washington-based board over the next couple of years, including through a...
E&E News: Why the US and China pulled back from the edge

3 weeks ago | subscriber.politicopro.com | Victoria Guida |Daniel Desrochers |Megan Messerly |Phelim Kine