Wall Street Roiled: Fed Warning Cools Rally as AI Frenzy Ignites Stocks and Crash Fears
Key Facts (Sept. 23–24, 2025) Finance & Economy: Fed Caution and Fiscal Feuds Wall Street’s rally hit a speed bump as the Federal Reserve signaled it won’t rush to ease policy. On Tuesday, Fed Chair Jerome Powell struck a delicate balance: he noted the central bank must “balance inflation concerns with a weakening job market” when considering future rate moves reuters.com. Importantly for investors, Powell offered no clues on the timing or size of the next interest-rate cut reuters.com. (The Fed had only just cut rates last week for the first time this year, after a string of increases.) His