Businessweeks editorinchief, joel weber. We begin with jay powell. Joel 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. 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. Anol we believe this is 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 from trump than from powell.
Elon musk announces his latest startup nuero link, successfully implanting wires into brains and enabling a monkey to control the computer. The next goal is human trials. We begin with the hearings on capitol hill. All appearing in washington to answer lawmaker questions on antitrust, social media, and cryptocurrency. The first was facebook as the Banking Committee fired searing questions at the cocreator of the cryptocurrency project. We will take the time to get this right. Wouldnt it be easier and safer if people could securely receive money transfers, just like they do for so many other things . Emily the chief was grilled on tuesday. We caught up with the senator after the hearing. I think Blockchain Technology, even the possibly of cryptocurrencies, it has some positive upside, but i think we have to be careful. Particularly when we are talking but the possibility that facebook might dominate this otherwise very disruptive technology. Facebook already has 2 billion users. It has
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 . 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 from trump than from powell. It is onesided, for sure. What effect has not had on the fed . What chris got to was, not much of an effe
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