Qatar expects that the United States federal will continue to reduce interest rates in 2025 and throughout 2026 by affecting a minimum level of unanimity within the Federal Reserve Board which is pushing towards a resumption of interest rate reductions, as well as weak economy, and a large majority of monetary policy facilitators within the Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Commission in the next few months.
The weekly QNB report noted that the worsening political uncertainty resulting from the Trump administration had resulted in full attention being diverted to the actions of the executive, which led the Federal Reserve Bank to follow and adapt to macroeconomic discussions rather than to lead them.
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On Friday, 22 August, the President of the Federal Reserve Council, Jérôme Powell, gave a preliminary indication of the possible reduction of interest rates in the future, noting that there was a high level of uncertainty that made it difficult for monetary policy makers to focus on the risks of increasing inflation and falling the labour market.
In his address at the annual meeting of the Federal Reserve Board in Jackson Hall, Wyoming, the President of the Central Bank, in prepared statements, referred to " radical changes " in tax, trade and immigration policies, and the result is that the risk balance appears to be shifting between the dual federal reserve objectives, namely full employment and price stability.
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