Wharton's Jeremey Siegel on Monday called on the Federal Reserve to make an emergency 75 basis-points cut in the federal funds rate after Friday's disappointing jobs report. On Friday, the jobs report showed slower growth than expected and an unemployment rate that moved higher to 4.3%, its highest since October 2021. That unemployment figure "blew through" the central bank's target unemployment rate of 4.2%, said Siegel, chief economist at WisdomTree. Siegel isn't concerned that an emergency cut will send the markets into a downward spiral. If the Fed does not make an emergency cut before September's meeting, the market will react badly, Siegel predicted.

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Persons: Wharton's Jeremey Siegel, Monday, —, Siegel, Alan Greenspan, They've, we're Organizations: Federal Reserve, University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School Locations: WisdomTree