Highlights

A slate of Federal Reserve speakers commands attention Thursday. Starting with St. Louis Fed President Albert Musalem at 10 am ET at OMFIF. Next is Fed Governor Christopher Waller at 1:15 pm ET at a Dallas Fed event on the Fed balance sheet. Finally, Mary Daly at 2:30 PM ET in an interview with MNI. Waller recently said he would be ready to consider a rate cut as early as July. The other two speakers are regarded as more in the cautious mainstream.

Meanwhile, lots of attention to the question of a successor to Fed Chair Jerome Powell as President Trump and his supporters continue demanding drastic rate cuts and for Powell to step down. The fiscal dominance theme is all the buzz as Trump and the MAGA team argue monetary policy should subsume other considerations to cut interest rates to slash federal debt payments.

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Market Focus details key factors in the coming day that will impact the economic outlook and the financial markets. These include central bank events, economic indicators, policymaker speeches as well as expected political and corporate developments.

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Keeping up-to-date with event schedules and the economic calendar is key to understanding the global financial system. Econoday's Market Focus allows investors and policymakers to carefully track what will be making news and moving the financial markets in the coming day.
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