Ray Dalio says the Fed faces a tough balancing act as the economy faces ‘enormous amount of debt’

Ray Dalio says the Fed faces a tough balancing act as the economy faces ‘enormous amount of debt’


Key Points
  • As the U.S. Federal Reserve implemented its first interest rate cut since the early Covid pandemic, billionaire investor Ray Dalio flagged that the U.S. economy still faces an “enormous amount of debt.”
  • “The challenge of the Federal Reserve is to keep interest rates high enough that they’re good for the creditor, while keeping them not so high that they’re problematic for the debtor,” the founder of Bridgewater Associates told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia.”



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