LIVE: Fed Chair Jerome Powell Testifies To Senate Banking Committee | Trump | Elon Musk | N18G

LIVE: Fed Chair Jerome Powell Testifies To Senate Banking Committee | Trump | Elon Musk | N18G Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell delivers semiannual monetary policy testimony before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, in Washington. The odds of further interest rate cuts this year by the Federal Reserve dwindled last week as unemployment fell and more officials say they want to see how new policies from the White House affect the economy. While Fed officials penciled in two rate cuts this year at their December meeting, economists and Wall Street investors are increasingly skeptical, with some predicting no reductions at all this year. On Friday, economists at Morgan Stanley said they now expect just one rate cut in 2025, and investors also expect just one — in July — according to pricing in futures markets. Fewer cuts could translate into a longer period of elevated mortgage rates and high costs to borrow money for everything from autos to credit cards. Still, mortgage rates are closely tied to the yield on the 10-year Treasury note, which can move independently of the Fed’s actions. Billionaire Elon Musk suggested in a series of social media posts this past weekend that the Federal Reserve should undergo closer scrutiny, making the comments just days before Fed Chair Jerome Powell is scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill #jeromepowell #elonmusk #senatehearing