‘Worst trading day’: Expert says the Fed likely isn’t going to do emergency rate cuts

Watch CNN coverage of the stocks closing deep in the red for a second day in a row.

00:00 CNN’s Jake Tapper talk about ‘the worst trading day’ as US markets close
6:37 Richard Quest makes prediction on potential Fed rate cuts in September
9:12 CNN’s Richard Quest and Washington Post reporter Catherine Rampell discuss the trends
13:10 CNN talks to economist Mark Zandy about his top three tips on what to do amid economic turmoil
14:10 CNN’s Rahel Soloman explains why stocks are plunging and what you should do with your portfolio
15:21 ‘Fear not panic’: CNN’s Julia Chatterly explains reactions to the market turn
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40 Comments

  1. … as always Jerome Powell… is behind the curve… he held the high interest rates far too long … choking the economy to borrow money… hoping that inflation will hit 2 % … the IDEAL target… but American economy is DYNAMIC… and many factors will make 2% well-nigh impossible to reach… the current inflation rate is 2.97%… it’s low enough to start cutting interest rate…by 25 basis points… making it easy for business and home loan mortgages… by holding back cutting interest rate now… has the unintended consequences of creating uncertainty in the economy…making business decisions next to impossible… and the MARKET DOES NOT LIKE UNCERTAINTY!

  2. … remember there is a direct co-relation between the economy and stock market… because stock market and economy move in LOCKSTEP with one another… you can’t have one without the other!…due to market volatility it is possible for stock prices to fall in GOOD ECONOMIC TIMES… and rise in BAD ECONOMIC TIMES!

  3. We call this Build Back Better. What you have witnessed under the Biden Administration is the planned destruction of the American economy and the American family. As Kamalaa Harris says, "And that, my friends, is Bidenomics…"

  4. The really absurd contradiction here is all these people bitching about corporate profit, then turn around bitch about the stock market crashing. The stock market is literally an indicator for corporate profit. You should be celebrating the market crashing, right? You should hope it would go down even further, right? Shouldn't all the big corporations just go bankrupt, wouldn't that be nice?

    That is, until companies start laying off people, stop giving out contracts to small businesses, and people lose their retirement fund.

  5. Or maybe trump called his bif buisness buddies and told them to tank it to conpensate for his political shortcomings and have stones to throw at Kamala, pretty sure there was also a panic attack during his last race!

  6. And all the dumbasses saying the economy is good under Biden I don't think they've either been outside or seen the stock market at all fjb lol

  7. United States stock market is overpriced now. Usually, bankers sell financial assets for profit and end of year financial book close out. How much does market descend before value stocks come back?

  8. We were hoping that the recession would hold off for a while until Trump was elected. We were hoping this because then we could blame the recession on him. Unfortunately, our tired, old invasion, progressive economic policies, no longer apply in today’s post Covid world. Our economic policies caught up with us, and now we see the beginning of the Biden recession which is going to be very deep, very troubling, and will hurt every American.

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  10. No rate cuts!! Rate cuts are not in the best interests of the people. Rates are not too high where they are, prices are too high. Any cut now is WAY too soon. Consumers and the economy need more than just a slowing of inflation. We need deflation to bring prices down to reasonable levels so all Americans can better participate in the economy, and we need these and higher rates to help retired people especially earn income without having to risk in the markets. Sustaining economic activity right now should not be the primary concern. We should stop rash moves to bail out the rich and do what is right for most of us long-term. We need a recession, and we need to let deflation do and finish its work. There is no good long-term reason to lower rates better than leaving them where they are. They are where they should be in a healthy economy. The economy is struggling at these "normal" rates because the economy is sick and grossly mismanaged. Lower rates mostly serve Wall Street and the rich. Lower rates generally won't help people buying a home because the home sellers will raise the price of the home in response to the lower rates. They will sell it for as much as they can trying to max out the payment that you can make! Lower rates won't benefit most Americans. Lower rates mean higher prices for everything bought on time immediately, and more inflation on everything else long-term. Housing and other big-ticket items like cars are too high already because of rates being way too low for too long and mostly only benefiting one out of ten people, and inflationary government spending. Prices need to come DOWN not go further up. We need a massive reset in the economy along with common sense policy and culture changes! We also need massive cuts on government spending and an end to wasting Americans dollar resources, and we need NO MORE BAILOUTS of poorly run companies. Bribes and collusion among government and the rich which is abusing America's dollar resources must be stopped. No more destructive uses of our resources and NO rates cuts. The markets and the economy need a major readjustment that only deflation and reduced spending can bring about! Inflation and a wildly over-spending government that has to then pay interest on the debt will destroy the dollar! Eventually inflation will rise above what interest the Fed can pay on its notes WITHOUT printing more money and then we will be finally heading into a crisis that will bring on severe poverty. Inflation and overspending are the real threats to our livelihoods. The Fed SHOULD NOT take it's foot off the neck of inflation by lowering the rates. Rather than lowering rates the government should start lowering spending into a range it can support WITHOUT printing more money! If these steps are not taken SOON we are going to lose our prosperity. When the dollar finally plummets in that scenario there may be another currency that comes in and existing currencies would be merged into that new currency somehow. That won't be a positive, it will be a negative in terms of the principles America was founded on.

  11. Who wants to invest in a country with a 35% corporate tax rate and a high crime rate? The market always moves further than people think. So, congratulations, Kamala Harris, you will be the next president.

  12. Day after and stocks start their rebound. You don’t lose money unless you panic and sell. It’s bargain hunting and money making time. Where are all the magat wannabe economist commenting now?

  13. Well what do we have here in a few words the Democrats have destroyed America

    Biden and Kamala Harris stole America most of the money is gone no receipts. Where did the money go, including everything that was printed and the machines are still working day and night. Inflation is rampant and has no stops and crime is rampant in all the cities. It is not enough that there are free importers of murderous criminals from other countries to all American cities. And there is no future for America in all areas and there is no savior from the Democrats

    Everyone is waiting for November for Trump to come to save America from the Democrats for 3.5 years the United States has become a country of corrupt FBI judges and all government offices all work for the Democrats' mafia only one question is asked whether it is possible to wait until November or not

  14. These idiots aren't even living in reality millennial and genz kept telling you were struggling things are bad you kept telling us everything was fine and they were Jobs added jobs that don't pay enough and for those on SSI SSDI they can't afford the the basic JOBS AREN'T PAYING ENOUGH THAT'S WHAT'S AT PLAY HERE

  15. I don’t know about you all, but the stock market is freaking me out today. It’s been so volatile recently, and it’s hard to keep up.

  16. If you are not in the financial market space right now, you are making a huge mistake. I understand that it could be due to ignorance, but if you want to make your money work for you…prevent inflation

  17. The level of gaslighting is reaching new peaks. First, CNN kneecaps Biden on purpose. Then, they start pumping Harris for having the same policies, so we can continue with a genius future of massive inflation and endless wars.

  18. no rate cut yet?
    Bond king Jeffrey Gundlach said the Federal Reserve should have cut rates on Wednesday

    “I think they should have cut today, quite frankly”

    Wednesday, 31/07/2024

  19. Yes, they're spending a lot of effort trying to convince us that the economy isn't collapsing; yet McDonald's is having a hard time making a living. This is why people have stopped listening to mainstream news. It's not news at all… it's propaganda.

  20. I dont even know where the stock market is headed to right now. my portfolio of around 200k is not increasing more than 5% and people are predicting a crash .

  21. The Fed's talk of interest rate cut leaves me pondering what stocks to buy now and when do I sell? I'm unsure how to properly allocate my money to achieve an optimal portfolio in this present economy, my goal is $3m for retirement.