Ocean Park CIO speaks to CNN Business: Assessing Fed decisions amid market volatility
James St. Aubin, CIO at Ocean Park Asset Management, weighed in on the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold rates steady and the growing uncertainty surrounding tariffs in CNN Business.
“Powell said without tariffs, confidence would be building that inflation is coming down given the recent data,” St. Aubin said. “This was an implicit admission that tariff uncertainty is paralyzing monetary policy.”
Read what he had to say about how tariff-related risks are impacting monetary policy and investor sentiment.
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