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Pedestrians approach JP Morgan Chase headquarters, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2023, in New York. Photo: Associated Press/AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File

What the Fed and JP Morgan Get Wrong.

Posted on May 21, 2025 by Tom Novak

Radio Host and leading national financial expert Thom Brueckner provides insightful analysis of the current economic activity. Thom offers a summary of the positive news of President Trump’s recent Middle East trip, an accurate review that clarifies Moody’s downgrade, and the factors lost on Fed’s Jerome Powell.

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