MNI TV: Key Exclusive Highlights For Week 18

MNI's key exclusive stories for this week:

MNI INTERVIEW: Fed Expected To Cut Rates Late In 2026- Ireland The Fed should be able to lower interest rates in the second half of the year, former Richmond Fed economist Peter Ireland tells MNI. 

MNI INTERVIEW: Fed Winning Fight Over Independence-Richardson The Fed has so far retained operational independence despite the Trump White House's sharp break with norms, Gary Richardson, the Fed system's former first official historian, tells MNI. 

MNI EM INTERVIEW: CNB Should Look Through 1st-Rnd Effects-Seidler Czech policymakers should look through first-round price effects as far as possible, taking rate cuts off the table for the foreseeable future, CNB Board member Jakub Seidler tells MNI.