Fed Surprises with Half-Point Rate Cut
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•Fed meeting recap: Chair Jerome Powell defends central bank's decision to go big with first cut
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell doesn't see the risk of an economic downturn being "elevated" following the super-sized rate cut.
Fed Governor Michelle Bowman called for a quarter -point cut instead.
Powell : "There was a lot of discussion back and forth, there was also broad support for the decision".
Fed Chair Jerome Powell says job growth slowdown 'bears watching,' Powell says.
Some investors believe the Fed may have jumped the gun with a rate cut that was too big, too soon for the current backdrop.
Half -point rate cuts are rare in recent history except for emergency cuts during crisis events, investor says.
Powell : Inflation is now much closer to our objective, and we have greater confidence inflation is moving sustainably toward 2% .
S&P 500, Dow surge to fresh all-time highs after Fed 's big rate cut.
BlackRock 's Rick Rieder says to take advantage of 'golden age' of fixed income.
Investors should buy yield "and just watch it do its thing," he says.
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