Ken Griffin Predicts Another Fed Rate Cut Amid ’Nervousness About Labor Market’
Wall Street heavyweight Ken Griffin sees the Federal Reserve pulling the trigger on another rate cut—and he says it's all about jobs jitters.
The Fed's Labor Market Anxiety
Griffin's Citadel empire is positioning for more monetary easing as Fed officials grow increasingly skittish about employment data. The central bank's traditional playbook is getting rewritten in real-time.
Rate Cut Roulette
Another reduction would mark continued reversal from the aggressive hiking cycle. Market watchers are tracking every Fed whisper for clues about the timing and magnitude.
Wall Street's Crystal Ball
Griffin's prediction carries weight—because when billionaires speak, the Fed sometimes listens. Or maybe they're just better at reading the same tea leaves as everyone else.
Because nothing says 'stable economy' like central bankers sweating over jobs reports while managing trillions in other people's money.
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“I think the Fed is nervous about the labor market because we did see this decline in the number of jobs being created, and in terms of balance of risks they chose to focus on the unemployment side rather than on the inflation side,” said Griffin.
Griffin’s view is at odds with CME’s FedWatch tool, which assigns a 67% chance of two more rate cuts by year-end.
Griffin Sounds Alarm on Fed Independence Threat
Earlier this month, Griffin penned a column in the Wall Street Journal, warning that President Trump’s interference with the Fed risks economic disruption.
“These actions raise inflation expectations, increase market risk premiums, and weaken investor confidence in U.S. institutions,” wrote the Citadel CEO.
Trump previously criticized Fed Chair Jerome Powell for delaying rate cuts and has sought to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook for alleged mortgage fraud.
