Segments From This Episode

• Can Trump fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook?

  by David Brancaccio and Ariana Rosas

  

  Fed governors can only be fired for cause. “The extent to which there is cause is, at best, dubious,” said Karen Petrou of Federal Financial Analytics.

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• Would a September rate cut translate to lower mortgage rates?

  by Matt Levin

  

  “A lot of that information on what the Fed is going to do in September is already priced in” to current mortgage rates, said Zillow economist Kara Ng.

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