Federal Reserve Beige Book gives the greenlight to further rate cuts

Federal Reserve Beige Book gives the greenlight to further rate cuts

From think.ing.com

The Federal Reserve isn't directly impacted by the government shutdown, and they have just released their Beige Book report, which is an anecdotal survey on the state of the US economy. It suggests there has been a slight loss of momentum in activity over the past eight weeks, which supports the messaging from Fed Chair Jerome Powell yesterday that the economic situation hasn’t improved since the Fed cut rates 25bp on 17 September. The report suggests that, on balance “economic activity changed little” since the last report, with 3 of 12 Fed districts reporting slight to modest growth, five reporting no change ... (full story)

Oct 15, 2025 10:33pm

Don't fight the Powell Put. BTFD. So it is written, so it shall be.

Oct 16, 2025 2:35am

Beige sounds like the right colour to describe the situation. But there is a black forecast for the future.

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