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Mortgage rates at 18%? That’s what we got the last time a president strong-armed the Fed
Sep 23, 2019The National Bureau of Economic Research has weighed in one of the most chilling questions to arise in decades on the usually dry topic of monetary policy: If a U.S. president tries to strong-arm the Fed with public name-calling and derision on Twitter, can it work? The answer, according to NBER, is yes.
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It stinks to be Powell this week as Fed chairman grapples with Trump’s ire
Sep 16, 2019 -
Trump’s housing-finance plan aims to curb GSE lending in areas with rent control
Sep 13, 2019 -
Trump tells “boneheads” at Fed to cut interest rates below 0%
Sep 11, 2019 -
Trump administration releases housing finance blueprint to privatize Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
Sep 05, 2019 -
Trump’s blueprint for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac reform expected “within days”
Sep 05, 2019 -
Trump tells Fed to cut rates by 100 basis points
Aug 20, 2019 -
Goldman Sachs: No deal in U.S.-China trade war before 2020 election
Aug 12, 2019 -
Economists warn of dangers trade war escalation poses to housing and economy
Aug 06, 2019 -
Federal Reserve poised to reduce its benchmark rate
Jul 29, 2019 -
Future markets indicate a 0.25% cut at July Fed meeting
Jul 22, 2019 -
Fed Chairman Powell tells Congress he would ignore Trump if fired
Jul 10, 2019