Harvard professor: 'The odds are even between a hike and a cut for the Fed' The odds of an interest rate hike are as good as the odds of a cut, according to Harvard University Professor Ken Rogoff. 01/21/2025 - 3:06 am | View Link
Fed to hold rates in Jan as Trump's policies stir inflation worries: Reuters poll The U.S. Federal Reserve will hold interest rates steady on Jan. 29 and resume cutting in March, according to a slim majority of economists polled by Reuters, as policymakers digest an expected ... 01/16/2025 - 11:31 pm | View Link
CPI edged higher in December, complicating the Fed's upcoming decision on rate cuts Inflation is proving stickier than expected, which could cause Fed to hit pause button on more interest rate cuts. 01/15/2025 - 8:44 am | View Link
Fed up with YouTube TV’s latest price hike? Try this If YouTube TV’s latest price hike feels like a breaking point to you, you’re not alone. Over the last week, I’ve heard from a bunch of folks who say the rate hike—from $73 per month to $83 per month, ... 01/15/2025 - 8:11 am | View Link
Fed may halt interest rate cuts—and could even pursue a hike, say analysts High interest rates and the rising cost of funding were already a top concern for CFOs. Now, that concern could grow following a strong December jobs report—one of the key pieces of data assessed by ... 01/14/2025 - 12:08 am | View Link
Elon Musk's highly-publicized Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), intended to combat government inefficiency, has turned out to be little more than a renamed initiative from the Obama administration. This seems shady. Via International Business Times:
Far from the vision Musk and President Donald Trump had promised, the agency is focused on software updates and federal workforce reductions rather than dismantling bureaucracy.
The executive orders signed on Monday by Trump, one of his first major actions since retaking office, rebranded the United States Digital Service (USDS), a unit established after the 2013 launch of HealthCare.gov, as the "U.
House Dem leaders are bashing Yambo and his allies in the Capitol for supporting blanket clemency for the Capitol attackers. The Democrats say MAGAts are hypocrites for claiming to support law enforcement while also backing Trump’s decision to pardon more than 1,500 people who were prosecuted for the rampage, including the ones who attacked police officers.
Scott Jennings on CNN is like a soggy piece of wonder bread that was left outside at Trump's inauguration. The man couldn’t argue his way out of a parking ticket, yet there he is on CNN day-after-day spewing half-truths and full lies like they’re 30% off at MAGA mart. On a recent segment, Jennings just flailed as reporters, Democrats, the hosts, probably the also cameraman, just took him apart.
Donald signed a flurry of executive orders into place; some were expected, some were mind-blowing, and others were revealing. None of them will help to lower egg prices, though. All of them will, however, hurt the red states, too, probably more than the blue states. For example, Donald rescinded Handsome Old President Biden's EO to lower prescription drug prices.
And then there's this from The New Republic:
Earthbound Misfit - a lesson from Monday;
Hullabaloo - your marching orders;
Just Another Blog (from L. A.) - Big Fairy King dances night away;
No More Mr. Nice Blog - there will be brutality and boastfulness, but
The Mahablog - Trump and the Ocean of Ignorance.
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Rep. Gwen Moore sat down with the hosts of the Milwaukee-based talk show UpFront, during which time she talked about why she wasn't choosing to stay in Milwaukee for MLK Day and what she foresaw for the new session of Congress:
HOST: Congresswoman Gwen Moore, who joins us now. Congresswoman, welcome back to UpFront.
MOORE: Hey, thank you.