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Okay, so here’s a thing that caught my eye. Rick Rieder — you know that bigwig over at BlackRock who’s into global fixed income stuff? Yeah, him. He popped up after July’s really crummy jobs report, talking about how this might just be the green light the Fed’s been waiting for to slash rates in September or something.
He’s like, “Hey folks, you see this report? Yeah, this is what the Fed needs to make that call on a rate cut next month.” (I don’t know why, but I chuckled at how straightforward he was about it.) He’s basically saying if the job scene keeps limping along, not hiring more than 100,000 folks regularly, the Fed might jump in and say, “Alright, time to lower those rates!” Fifty basis points even. Imagine that.
Oh, and speaking of imaginative, a big rate chop like that would echo what happened in September 2024 — which apparently kicked off a cycle of rate slashing. Anyway — wait, where was I? Oh, right. So, some new numbers showed the U.S. job scene is kinda dragging its feet lately. Only 73,000 new jobs in July when they expected, like, 100,000. Ouch! And to top it off, they had to revise the last two months down by almost 260,000. Yikes.
And the futures traders? Oh boy, they jumped the gun, pushing the chance of a cut to around 83%. That’s quite the leap from 40% the day before. But here’s the kicker — they still think a half-point cut has zero chance. Contradictory much?
Anyway, Rieder was all, “This report gives the Fed what it needs to think about a rate tweak in September. The big question’s how massive it’ll be.” I mean, BlackRock’s juggling $3.1 trillion in this game, so, safe to say his words carry some weight.
Meanwhile, the Fed just kept its rates chillin’ between 4.25% and 4.50% earlier this week, although not everyone was on board with that. Jerome Powell, the Fed Chair, kind of shrugged it off saying no final decisions have been made on what’s next for September. Guess they’re just biting their nails, waiting to see what those pesky tariffs do first.
Life’s a guessing game sometimes, isn’t it?
