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Trump’s attacks on Jerome Powell are justified, market researcher says

October 25, 2018

Via: CNBC

President Donald Trump’s verbal assaults on Fed Chairman Jerome Powell are justified, according to veteran market researcher James Bianco.

The Bianco Research president believes Fed policy is leading the economy down a dangerous path with an interest rate-hike policy that’s too aggressive in this environment.

“I’m worried that the Federal Reserve might go too far. The natural state for an economy is expansion. Recessions happen because something breaks it,” he said Wednesday on CNBC’s “Trading Nation.” “The leading cause of breaking an economy is usually a spike in oil prices or too tight monetary policy.”

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