Tom BurtonCo-Founder, COO and CTO of LeadSmart Technologies

Why the timing of rate cuts matters for the economy #Economy

Name: Why the timing of rate cuts matters for the economy #Economy
Uploaded: 2025-11-08T20:00:36+00:00
Duration: 52 s
Channel: Tom Burton
Description: A short speaker commentary reacting to a CNBC article that markets have priced in high probabilities of Federal Reserve rate cuts (October and December)…

8 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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A short speaker commentary reacting to a CNBC article that markets have priced in high probabilities of Federal Reserve rate cuts (October and December). The speaker argues for accelerating larger cuts sooner (e.g., a 50bp cut in October rather than 25bp) to stimulate borrowing, investment, and job creation—claiming the upside outweighs the downside even if rates later need to rise. The content is opinionated and market-focused.

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There's the following up article again from CNBC and this one is a government shutdown is likely to cement more Fed interest rate cuts. Well this article says that the markets have priced in 100% probability of an October cut and an 88% chance of another in December. I look at this and just say the difference between the risk versus the reward of a half a point versus a quarter point in a one month period right? If you're going to get the other half a point in December get it in October and see if we can push something ahead faster. The risk is is probably far far less than the reward that can come with that. Pump the money into the economy right away. Get the rates down. Borrow money at a lower rate for the banks. Get it out into the economy start building some warehouses and some distribution centers and adding some jobs and so forth and even if it has to go back up you got that money at a lower rate and nobody loses.