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Fed Holds Rates Steady, Report: ICE Agents Placed on Leave, More

28 Jan 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

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Today's show is brought to you by Vanguard. To all the financial advisors listening, let's talk bonds for a minute. Capturing value and fixed income is not easy. Bond markets are massive, murky, and let's be real, lots of firms throw a couple flashy funds your way and call it a day. But not Vanguard. At Vanguard, institutional quality isn't a tagline. It's a commitment to your clients.

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We're talking top-grade products across the board of over 80 bond funds. actively managed by a 200-person global squad of sector specialists, analysts, and traders. These folks live and breathe fixed income. So if you're looking to give your clients consistent results year in and year out, go see the record for yourself at Vanguard.com slash audio. That's Vanguard.com slash audio.

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All investing is subject to risk. Vanguard Marketing Corporation Distributor.

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48.665 - 54.31 Amy Morris

News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Amy Morris. The Federal Reserve is holding rates steady for now.

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54.631 - 68.944 Michael McKee

Bloomberg's Michael McKee tells us the meeting went pretty much as expected. No change in rates and the Fed leaves open the option of cutting rates in the future. Stephen Myron and Chris Waller dissent in favor of a rate cut. Michelle Bowman does not.

68.964 - 88.196 Amy Morris

The Fed statement left the door open for more rate cuts but didn't give any hints as to when or why they might do that. Multiple news outlets are reporting those federal agents involved in Saturday's deadly shooting of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis are now on administrative leave. Some lawmakers had called for those agents to be taken out of the field.

88.577 - 105.08 Amy Morris

President Trump criticized Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry after Fry said the city would not change its immigration policies. Trump posting on social media that Fry is, quote, playing with fire. FBI agents have executed a search warrant at the Fulton County Elections Office near Atlanta.

105.521 - 122.277 Amy Morris

The search comes as the FBI is pursuing the political grievances of President Trump, including investigating multiple perceived adversaries. Trump has long insisted that the 2020 election was stolen, even though judges across the country and his own attorney general said there's no evidence of that.

122.729 - 130.842 Amy Morris

The dollar is clawing back yesterday's losses after Treasury Secretary Scott Besson touted the longstanding strong dollar policy in the U.S.

Chapter 2: What are the latest updates from the Federal Reserve regarding interest rates?

205.467 - 211.938 Stéphane Dujarric

The Secretary-General is very concerned indeed about the reported military buildup in the Persian Gulf region.

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212.198 - 231.65 Amy Morris

UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric, Iran responded with a post on X saying that it's ready for dialogue, but if pushed it will defend itself and respond like never before. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the Trump administration is ready to use force to ensure that Venezuela's acting president, Delce Rodriguez, cooperates with the U.S.

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232.131 - 246.474 Amy Morris

Rubio says Rodriguez has committed to opening Venezuela's energy sector to U.S. companies and providing preferential access to oil production. Rubio testified before the Senate Committee on the Trump administration's military actions in Venezuela.

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We're not talking about some third world country here. We're talking about a country that doesn't just have wealth. It has memory. It has history of economic activity, of people who own chains of pharmacies. I know some of these people, people who own chains of retail stores, including American retailers who had a presence there.

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We just want it to be a normal, prosperous country again, not a playground for Iran, Russia and China in our own hemisphere.

267.23 - 286.186 Amy Morris

Democrats have criticized the Trump administration's actions, with Senator Jeanne Shaheen saying that Rodriguez's cooperation appears tactical and temporary, and that the U.S. may have traded one dictator for another. Amazon is cutting about 16,000 corporate jobs as the e-commerce giant looks to cut bureaucracy in the AI race.

286.206 - 289.272 Amy Morris

Mandeep Singh is global head of tech research at Bloomberg Intelligence.

289.252 - 306.366 Mandeep Singh

The question that investors will ask them is how will they retrofit their existing IT infrastructure to pivot towards AI? And that will be a big change even though they have the cloud share like there are a lot of new clouds that are playing in the AI infrastructure right now.

306.346 - 319.065 Amy Morris

Mandeep Singh with Bloomberg Intelligence. Starbucks CEO Brian Nickell delivered the best evidence yet that his turnaround plan may be taking hold, the coffee chain posting unexpectedly strong growth and a solid outlook for the rest of this year.

Chapter 3: What happened with ICE agents following the Minneapolis shooting?

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Under this program, the U.S. government will automatically create a tax-free investment account for every newborn American child.

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358.49 - 384.095 Amy Morris

Parents can contribute up to $2,500 a year in pre-tax income to a Trump account. Employers, relatives, and friends can also contribute. Contributions each year are capped at $5,000. To qualify for the $1,000 seed money, a baby must be a U.S. citizen, have a social security number, and be born between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2028. That's news when you want it with Bloomberg News Now.

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384.376 - 386.758 Amy Morris

I'm Amy Morris. This is Bloomberg.

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Today's show is brought to you by Vanguard. To all the financial advisors listening, let's talk bonds for a minute. Capturing value and fixed income is not easy. Bond markets are massive, murky, and let's be real, lots of firms throw a couple flashy funds your way and call it a day. But not Vanguard. At Vanguard, institutional quality isn't a tagline. It's a commitment to your clients.

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We're talking top-grade products across the board of over 80 bond funds. actively managed by a 200-person global squad of sector specialists, analysts, and traders. These folks live and breathe fixed income. So if you're looking to give your clients consistent results year in and year out, go see the record for yourself at Vanguard.com slash audio. That's Vanguard.com slash audio.

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All investing is subject to risk. Vanguard Marketing Corporation Distributor.

Chapter 4: What investigations are being conducted by the FBI related to the 2020 election?

438.173 - 445.744 Karen Moscow

Bloomberg Daybreak is your best way to get informed first thing in the morning, right in your podcast feed. Hi, I'm Karen Moscow.

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445.924 - 459.203 Nathan Hager

And I'm Nathan Hager. Each morning, we're up early putting together the latest episode of Bloomberg Daybreak U.S. Edition. It's your daily 15-minute podcast on the latest in global news, politics, and international relations.

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459.183 - 465.68 Karen Moscow

Listen to the Bloomberg Daybreak U.S. Edition podcast each morning for the stories that matter with the context you need.

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