Larry Kudlow - Fox Business

US · 2026-10-02

1. Step 1 · The triggerpublic calls for Jerome Powell's resignation inject uncertainty about Fed leadership and policy continuity
2. Step 2 · Knock-onuncertainty over Fed independence and the inflation outlook shifts expectations for the policy rate and the term premium embedded in market interest rates
3. Step 3 · Knock-onhigher or more volatile rate expectations raise discount rates applied to future cash flows, pressuring valuations of rate-sensitive assets
4. Step 4 · Knock-onUS SME revolving-facility spreads widen as lenders reprice off the higher yield curve
5. Step 5 · Reaches youthe SME's floating-rate debt service cost rises, squeezing operating cash flow

The trigger is reported by the source below. The steps that follow are Branch²’s traced reasoning — how the shock could reach a business like yours, not a prediction.

Source: Google News US Business

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