Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced global industrial minerals company Sibelco is going to build a manufacturing plant in North Carolina.
Pres Trump also announced tonight that the Pentagon will spend $1.5 billion to produce chips in North Carolina.
Chicago Fed Pres Austan Goolsbee called a hotter-than-expected reading on Sept inflation “discouraging,” but suggested he wants to wait for more data before taking action to raise rates higher in an interview w me. More to come. Tune into @YahooFinance LIVE at 3p for the full ivw
Hotter than expected CPI report for Sept, has many looking at a rate hike back on the table later this month. I'll be talking w @ChicagoFed Pres Austan Goolsbee this afternoon to see how he's looking at inflation and the path for rate hikes following this report.
Fed Chairman Warsh tells me that the labor market and economy don’t have to be compromised for inflation to come back down
"I don't believe that we need to do harm to the labor markets to achieve our objectives," Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh tells @Jenniferisms
Warsh much more outwardly market focused Fed Chairman than in the past
Could have been more deliberate in laying out the reaction function, but he did note what he’s watching so those parameters are good yardsticks for markets to watch
Got much more from Warsh than ever before in his tenure so far as Chair
Hinted rates may not be high enough when said he’d be hard pressed to call financial conditions restrictive.
Called inflation too high
Finally gave an assessment of inflation, the economy and job market
Warsh hinted that perhaps interest rates may not be holding back the economy much, saying, “I would be hard pressed to describe broad financial conditions as restrictive.”
Fed Chairman Warsh said Friday that inflation is running too high and should be the focus for the central bank, while laying out a strong assessment of the economy for the first time, but held to his pledge of not providing forward guidance
Secretary Bessent told me investors will have to wait until the beginning of the next quarter for what, if any, future actions Tsy will take on LT bond yields.
Jennifer Schonberger retweeted
Yahoo! Finance’s @Jenniferisms: “You just said moments ago that no one is above U.S. sanctions. What specific secondary sanctions or penalties is Treasury prepared to levy against Chinese banks and shipping firms if they do not comply? And then secondly, as you look to take these unprecedented sanctions, you’ve also said that the Iran as the Iran conflict fades and oil prices recede, that will help bring down long term bond yields. In the meantime, you have mentioned your toolkit, and I’m curious if you are looking at reducing auction sizes for longer term dated Treasury debt going forward, and what other actions you may consider from that toolkit. Thank you.”
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: “Well, why don’t we work backwards? We issued the the quarterly refunding announcement two and a half weeks ago. We are going to continue the with our regular program of auctions, So you will be hearing from us again the at the beginning of next quarter in terms of — as I said, every country, every entity should know that they should be prepared to face U.S. sanctions and the — no one is above this. We are going to hold everyone accountable. And this is asphyxiation, economic asphyxiation of this regime, and, Jennifer, as I said, no one should test our resolve.”
Packed house here in the Cash room at @USTreasury ahead of Secretary Bessent’s presser - will stream on USTreasury X
With Treasury taking action to curb higher LT govt bond yields to stop borrowing costs from rocketing I think we can say there's now a Bessent put. Q is are the actions today enough to rein in the bond vigilantes. Will depend on inflation, but govt spend also not coming down
Great to interview Cleveland Fed president Beth Hammack at such a critical time for our economy.
WATCH here: tinyurl.com/444jxt49
Cleveland Fed president Beth Hammack suggested to me in an ivw she sees more than one rate hike.
“I would say in general, one 25-basis point move probably doesn't do a whole lot for the economy. So it's probably some number of movement...I don't know exactly where we will end"
Tune into @YahooFinance at 3p for my interview with Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack in her first interview since she dissented at the last Fed policy meeting



