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Trump's Pressure May Have Forced The Fed To Cut Rates, Says Steve Liesman: The Central Bank 'Does Not Exist In A Political Vacuum'
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 - 2:14am | 545Read More...Political pressure from President Donald Trump may have been a factor in the Federal Reserve's recent interest rate cut decision, according to Steve Liesman, the Senior Economics Reporter at CNBC. The Fed ‘Does Not Exist In A Political Vacuum’ Speaking on The Real Eisman Playbook on...
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Cleveland Fed President: No Reason To Believe Recession In Sight
Friday, January 4, 2019 - 5:54pm | 640Read More...Is the U.S. economy on the verge of a recession? Multiple experts said this week there are no signs of a coming economic downturn — despite a rocky period for the markets and pressures such as a Sino-American trade war. Fed's Mester: Job Is To 'Gear The Economy' The...
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New York Fed President: Research Points To 'Very Strong Economy,' Fed Open To Re-Evaluating Policy
Friday, December 21, 2018 - 12:56pm | 452Read More...Major U.S. stock indices rallied higher Friday morning, in part due to supportive comments from New York Federal Reserve President John Williams. What Happened CNBC's Steve Liesman posed a simple question to Williams in a Friday interview: are you listening to the message the market is...
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Whoops! Trump May Have Grossly Exaggerated The Number Of Americans Who Can't Find A Job
Wednesday, January 11, 2017 - 4:23pm | 240Read More...President-elect Donald Trump may have made a large error in his first press conference following his election win on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters, Trump was asked a standard question on the economy. He answered that there "are 96 million [people] wanting a job and they can't get [one]. You...
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How To Play Defense Stocks Under Trump's Administration
Friday, December 23, 2016 - 1:21pm | 341Read More...President-elect Donald Trump's tweets are causing a firestorm among defense stocks. First, Trump blasted Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) over the soaring cost of manufacturing the next-generation Air Force One fleet. The president-elect also targeted Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) on December 12 over...
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Did Monetary Policy Help Trump Win The White House?
Thursday, November 10, 2016 - 5:08pm | 382Read More...Did monetary policy help President-elect Donald Trump win the race to the White House? According to billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller, the answer is a simple yes. "Of course it did,"Druckenmiller said on Thursday's edition of CNBC's "Squawk Box." "It was just a small part of it. But of...
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The Steve Liesman Market
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - 4:15pm | 321Read More...Much like it was the Charlie Gasparino market a few years back (remember the nearly daily rumors about solutions or bailouts for MBIA and Ambac? they now seem quaint), it is now the Steve Liesman market - he says bailout, the market cheers... he says not so fast, the market cries. It's all become a...
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How To Solve The Deficit Problem From Delivering Alpha
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 11:36am | 607Read More...CNBC's Steve Liesman is moderating a panel at the Delivering Alpha conference and he is talking to panelists on how to solve the deficit problem in this country. Liesman said that currently, we have $60 trillion of unfunded liabilities. MF Global's (NYSE: MF) CEO Jon Corzine was questioned by...
