Powell was appointed by Trump during his first term as President. The entire world knows the greed of Trump and how he was pressuring Powell to reduce the interest rates to promote investment. However, Powell resisted this as an independent decision maker to reduce inflation economy despite open threats of his removal by Trump. The new appointee Marsh may not be able to dictates of Trump as he has only a casting vote to lower or increase interest rates. If the interest rates go down then AI and Cripto shares will bounce but if investors lose confidence in independence of Federal Reserve it could be counter productive. Gulf war is impacting the world as such the market will see-saw on daily basis.
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