{"id":53203,"date":"2025-10-16T12:46:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T12:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=53203"},"modified":"2025-10-16T12:46:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T12:46:53","slug":"now-that-the-bull-run-is-dead-will-powell-do-further-rate-cuts-end-of-fed-tightening-near-as-job-market-softens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=53203","title":{"rendered":"Now That the Bull Run is Dead, Will Powell Do Further Rate Cuts? End of Fed Tightening Near as Job Market Softens"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Now that the bull run is dead, will Fed Chair Jerome Powell do further rate cuts? This crash proved two things :<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Powell signaled this week that the central bank could be nearing the end of its three-year effort to unwind the massive stimulus<\/a> unleashed during the 2020 pandemic. Speaking before the National Association of Business Economics in Philadelphia, Powell said the Fed may soon conclude its balance-sheet reduction.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe may approach that point in the coming months,\u201d Powell said, noting that policymakers have adopted a \u201cdeliberately cautious approach\u201d to avoid a repeat of the 2019 money market freeze that forced emergency intervention.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Will Powell Do Further Rate Cuts? Fed Nears End of Quantitative Tightening<\/h2>\n

The Fed\u2019s portfolio peaked at nearly $9 Tn during the pandemic\u2019s peak and now stands around $6.6 Tn, according to FRED<\/a>. The runoff, known as quantitative tightening (QT), has reduced excess bank reserves and raised questions about whether liquidity conditions could again tighten too sharply.<\/p>\n

Powell stopped short of confirming an October rate cut but didn\u2019t deny it either, saying the \u201ceconomic outlook hasn\u2019t changed much\u201d<\/strong> since the Fed\u2019s last meeting. Markets took that as tacit confirmation that another rate cut could be coming, but <\/p>\n