Trump Loses His War to Make ZIRP Great Again

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News Summary

  • Trump's new Fed Chair signaled to markets that he will do the opposite of what Trump has long wanted.
  • The two-year Treasury yield, the one most sensitive to Fed policy, shot up more than any other over 3% on Friday as interest rates rose across the board.
  • This really was a war waged by Trump to try to bring 0% interest rates back (ZIRP), and I think you can say that for now, he has lost it thanks to the bond market threatening to stage a revolt.
If [Kevin Warsh] doesnt lower interest rates Im suing his ass off, said President Donald Trump back in February after appointing Warsh to succeed Jerome Powell as Chair of the Federal Reserve.

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