📰 Whose Fault Is It This Time? Powell, Obviously.

💼 The White House needs a villain. Trump has one on retainer.

The U.S. economy is sagging under the weight of its own contradictions: rising tariffs, falling trust, and now a Federal Reserve that refuses to play ball. Enter Jerome Powell, Trump’s favorite punching bag—despite being his own appointee.

Trump is back to slamming the Fed chair for not slashing interest rates fast enough to keep up with the collateral damage from his global trade war. Powell, in turn, worries that cutting too soon would unleash a fresh wave of inflation, especially as tariff diplomacy turns into a demolition derby.

📋 Spring 2026: Fed Regime Change Season

Powell’s term ends next spring. If Trump is still in office, expect a hand-picked loyalist to take the helm. Meanwhile, Elon Musk’s circle is reportedly drafting plans to audit and purge the Fed’s sprawling 25,000-person workforce—who, ironically, aren’t even funded by Congress.

📊 Trade Wars, Parallel Worlds

With the Fed holding steady and tariffs multiplying like rabbits, corporate America has decided to go off-script. Executives from companies like Nvidia are quietly flying to Beijing to negotiate their own deals—sidestepping Washington like it’s just another regulatory speed bump.

⚖️ The Court as the Exit Strategy

Congressional Republicans, reading poll numbers with increasing panic, are praying that the Supreme Court will do what no one else dares: strike down the tariffs and end the trade war cleanly, with minimal political splash damage. Bonus points if it happens before the 2026 midterms.

🤡 And when it all crumbles…

Trump’s team already has the script ready: We were winning until the Fed/SCOTUS/Congress stabbed us in the back. That way, they keep the base riled, blame the “deep state,” and still get to shake hands with Xi Jinping by November.

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📰 Israel’s Rate Cut Nobody Wanted

The Bank of Israel just cut the interest rate to 3.5%. Almost everyone’s first reaction: “Not enough.”

For the second meeting in a row, the Monetary Committee shaved 0.25 percentage points off the benchmark, bringing it down from 3.75% to 3.5% and marking the third cut since January.

The central bank points to a strong shekel, inflation at about 1.9% — comfortably within its 1–3% target range — and a lower risk premium after the U.S.–Iran memorandum as reasons to ease. Its forecast now sees inflation at 1.8% and the rate at 3% in a year, with growth expected around 4% in 2026.

Business groups line up to say “thank you” and “too little” in the same breath. The Manufacturers’ Association calls it a step in the right direction but “far from sufficient.”

The business sector lobby says the economy, moving from three years of war into a growth phase, “badly needs relief” from heavy credit costs. SME and independent‑business leaders complain they expected a 0.5‑point cut and see the quarter‑point move as a missed opportunity.

Real‑estate and construction voices demand further cuts down to 2.5% by year’s end, plus tax breaks on rental housing.

Then the finance minister walks in — not to back the governor, but to attack him.

Bezalel Smotrich brands the move “a minimal reduction that does not match the challenges of the economy,” saying it isn’t aligned with households’ and firms’ needs and “makes things harder” for high‑tech and exporters. He wanted a sharp cut and presents the current rate as a drag on growth and a failure to respond to the public’s cost‑of‑living pain.

The picture is inverted: the governor cuts, the budget minister complains it’s not enough, and the business sector, industry, contractors and tech all agree on one thing only — that everyone expected more.

In practice, at 3.5%, the Bank of Israel finds itself in a rare position: easing policy, and still being told by nearly every relevant actor that it’s behind the curve.

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