{"id":13382,"date":"2025-10-14T17:28:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T17:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/bitcoin-could-take-off-as-fed-chair-powell-signals-more-rate-cuts\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T17:28:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T17:28:36","slug":"bitcoin-could-take-off-as-fed-chair-powell-signals-more-rate-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/bitcoin-could-take-off-as-fed-chair-powell-signals-more-rate-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin could take off as Fed Chair Powell signals more rate cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signalled that more rate cuts are likely coming, as the labor market softens <\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_2b93cf1a1f277e4e393a9bcbe56114f0\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Slowdown in the jobs market suggests more rate cuts required, Fed Chair Powell stated<\/li>\n<li>Price increases reflect tariff costs, not the underlying inflationary pressure<\/li>\n<li>Bitcoin fell 3% ahead of Powell\u2019s speech, as Fed policy directly impacts crypto market prices<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>The Fed will likely cut rates again, as a weak labor market shows signs of concern. On Tuesday, October 14, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke at the National Association for Business Economics about the economic outlook and monetary policy for the U.S.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Federal Reserve Chair Powell addresses economy at business conference <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g2IhsSdI7A\">https:\/\/t.co\/g2IhsSdI7A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reuters (@Reuters) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters\/status\/1978132507900993903?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In his speech, Powell signalled that while some economic data is unavailable due to the market shutdown, the Fed still has access to data from both private and public sources. So far, this data indicates that the macro outlook for jobs and inflation did not change that much. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWhile the unemployment rate remained low through August, payroll gains have slowed sharply, likely in part due to a decline in labour force growth due to lower immigration and labour force participation,\u201d Powell <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/economy\/jerome-powell-speech-live-fed-chair-addresses-on-economic-outlook-and-monetary-policy-at-nabe-annual-meeting-11760458794027.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In this context, Powell sees that the risk to the labor market is rising. At the same time, inflation expectations remain within the Fed\u2019s target of 2%. He also noted that increases in goods prices reflect tariff costs, and not underlying inflationary pressures. For this reason, he expects that the Fed will continue with rate cuts. <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bitcoin falls 3% ahead of Powell\u2019s speech<\/h2>\n<p>For the crypto markets, the Fed\u2019s policy is key, as asset prices are directly tied to monetary policy. Bitcoin (BTC) dropped 3% ahead of Powell\u2019s speech, trading at around $113,100. Notably, traders expected a more hawkish shift on inflation due to the ongoing U.S.-China trade tensions. <\/p>\n<p>Most institutional traders still view Bitcoin and especially altcoins as high-risk, high-growth assets. For this reason, like with other risk assets, low interest rates inflate crypto values, while high interest rates deflate them, by moving liquidity toward dollar-denominated, fixed-income assets like treasuries.  <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signalled that more rate cuts are likely coming, as the labor market softens Summary Slowdown in the jobs market suggests more rate cuts required, Fed&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13383,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13382\/revisions\/13383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}