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Goldman Vice Chairman and Former Fed Official Kaplan on Rate-Cut Dilemma

2025/5/4
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WSJ's Take On the Week

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Will the Federal Reserve cut interest rates this year? How is Fed Chair Jerome Powell and central bankers thinking about recent volatility in financial markets? Rob Kaplan, vice chairman at Goldman Sachs and former president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, joins WSJ’s Take On the Week. Co-hosts Gunjan Banerji and Telis Demos and Kaplan discuss the central bank’s tough task ahead to lower inflation. They also dive into President Trump’s recent remarks about Powell and the Fed independence debate.

This is WSJ’s Take On the Week where co-hosts Gunjan Banerji, lead writer for Live Markets, and Telis Demos, Heard on the Street’s banking and money columnist, cut through the noise and dive into markets, the economy and finance—the big trades, key players and business news ahead.

Have an idea for a future guest or episode? How can we better help you take on the week? We’d love to hear from you. Email the show at [email protected]). 

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Further Reading

To read more from co-host Telis Demos, catch up on Inflation Fear Is Making Some People Spend More—and Others Less).

Why Trump Decided Not to Try to Fire Jerome Powell

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