Joel weber. A solitary figure on the cover this week, chairman jay powell. We often try to take something complicated and simple it down. The cover is an expression of that this week. Jay powell, fed chair, probably the most important person in the world of finance. He heads the Financial Institution that is probably the most important anywhere in the world and for a year now, hes been the target of trumps twitter ire, because trump wants lower rates, lower rates, and jay powell has basically been a stoic figure through all of that. Carol we believe this is an independent organization and for the first time, we are wondering is it going to remain independent . And can they continue to fend off the executive branchs desire for lower rates . We will see what happens this next week with rate cuts. The market basically thinks there will be a rate cut. The bigger story is one we wanted to ask to dig into, which is for a year now, weve lived through the tension between trump and powell, more
Businessweeks editorinchief, joel weber. We begin with jay powell. Joel take something complicated and this still it down to its most simple form. Istill it down to its most simple form. The cover is an expression of that this week. Jay powell, fed chair, probably the most important person in the world of finance. He heads the Financial Institution that is probably the most important anywhere in the world and for a year now, hes been the target of trumps friend are ire, because trump wants lower rates, lower rates, and jay powell has basically been a stoic figure through all of that. Carol we believe this is an independent organization, and for the first time we are wondering is it going to remain independent . And can they continue to fend off the executive branchs desire for lower rates . Right . We will see what happens this next week with rate cuts. The market basically thinks there will be a rate cut. The bigger story is one we wanted to ask to dig into, which is for a year now we
The cover figure on this week. Fed chairman jay powell. Joel jay powell is probably the most important person in the world of finance. He has the Financial Institution that is probably the most important whenever institution anywhere in the world. For a year now, he has been the target of trumps twitter either. Trump just once lower rates, lower rates, lower rates. Wants lower rates, lower rates, lower rates. Carol they have been an agency for so long. We are wondering if they will remain that way. The market thinks they will be a rate cut. The bigger story is one that we wanted to ask chris to dig into. For a year now, we have been living through this tension between trump and how. More trump than powell. It is onesided. Chris got to is that there is not much of an effect on policy standpoint for the fed. This will take a few months to evolve. This could be radical. Shelton is nominated for the fed. We dont know how that will go nor what you might do if she gets into that seat. A good
Here today. That tai chi manufacturing that we got a couple of minutes ago was the weakest print we saw this year. It was still0, but showing the gradual slowdown we are seeing in global pmi. The official move that we saw in europe, in the u. S. As well, which is really supporting the Global Growth concern yard of that we are seeing. That is why we are seeing the yen up, 10 7. 60. Asia fx weakening with the dollar a little stronger. We see commodities. We are continuing to see some red when it comes to steal futures in shanghai copper. Lower by 9 10 of 1 . Be with thisng to rally. Looking at the u. S. Side of things with the 10 year yield below 2 . We are seeing for asia bonds as well. I will show you what else is going on, we mention about the u. S. Tenyear. Anese through three yield three year yields. We just got the news about the boj cutting purchases of bonds and a 35year range. Its the First Time Since 2018 that they have done so. They were trying to address the flattening yield
Declines. And the fed has two new nominees including judy shelton who has called on the federal bank to cut rates as soon as possible just to bring you some final composite pmi numbers for june across the eurozone, theyre in at 52. 2 against a flash number of 52. 1. Slightly higher than the may number, 51. 8 that flash pointed to a strong expansion in the private sector of the previous six months weve seen that upward trend as services hit a high. Back in may, they were 52. 9 and 53. 4 in the flash for june they have come in slightly higher than the flash. The june final services new export businesses pmi at 59. 4, higher than the flash of 48. 9, not significantly better than the may final. Nearly back up to another 50 mark the the euro dollar is slightly weaker on that news we can see if you look at the european markets generally, you see a relatively positive day. Trading more then a half percent higher now if you look at the individual markets, you can see where that is coming from