Fed made ‘mistake’ slashing rates by half a point: Larry Summers

Fed made ‘mistake’ slashing rates by half a point: Larry Summers

Former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers says September’s better-than-expected jobs report shows the Federal Reserve’s half-point rate cut was “a mistake.” Following the Labor Department’s report that employers added 254,000 jobs in September – well above the 140,000 gain that was predicted by LSEG economists – and the unemployment rate declined slightly from a month ago to 4.1%, Summers … Read more