Fed's last decision in 2024 may reset interest-rate moves in 2025
Fed "can afford to be more cautious as it lowers rates." The conundrum will color the Fed's December meeting. It starts Tuesday and ends Wednesday when the Fed is expected to cut its current key federal funds rate to 4.
Fed expected to cut interest rates despite rising inflation. Here's why
The reason is clear, experts told ABC News: Interest rates will remain historically high even after a small cut. The Fed likely does not view a mild uptick of inflation this fall as enough to deviate from a path of rate cuts it laid out earlier this year, they added.
US data has Fed striding toward rate cut next week, and tip-toeing into 2025
Investors view it as a near given that the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point at its Dec. 17-18 meeting, with more attention focused on policymakers' new economic projections released alongside the decision.
Donald Trump's plans will test Fed interest rate cut bets in 2025
The stock market appears to agree: After his comeback win, the S&P 500 topped the 6,000-point mark for the first time and the benchmark has risen around 6.3% since Election Day, adding more than $1.5 trillion to the collective value of the country's biggest companies.
Fed's expected landing point on interest rates is now a lot higher
A return to extremely low borrowing rates has been looking more and more unlikely in recent months. That's because expectations for the Federal Reserve's eventual landing point for its short-term policy rate have been going higher,
Fed Leans Toward A December Interest Rate Cut
The Federal Open Market Committee is most likely to cut interest rates again on December 18 to 4.25% to 4.5%, according to fixed income markets.
Will the Fed Cut Interest Rates Next Week? Here's What Wall Street Thinks.
The Fed issues a new summary of economic projections every quarter, so investors will have a fresh set of data to digest following the December meeting next week. It will be important to see whether the central bank still believes five cuts will be necessary in 2025 or if it revised its forecast down the same way the market did.
Inflation increased in November, complicating Fed's next rate decision
The inflation gauge makes up the last piece of significant economic data before the Fed announces its next interest rate decision on Dec. 18. A finding of accelerated price hikes may give the Fed pause as it weighs interest rate cuts.
Experts Say the Fed Will Likely Cut Rates Next Week. But What's Next?
Borrowing rates remain high going into 2025, and experts say this could be the last rate cut for a while. Financial markets are betting that the central bank will slow the pace of
Week Ahead for FX, Bonds: Fed Expected to Cut Interest Rates in Busy Week for Central Bank Decisions
A decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve will be the highlight of a busy week for central-bank decisions. Other interest-rate decisions are due from Japan, the U.K., Norway and Sweden.
US Fed expected to cut rates in last meeting of Biden era
The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to announce a quarter point cut to its key lending rate on Wednesday despite a recent uptick in inflation, in the central bank's
What’s the Fed’s ‘Neutral’ Interest Rate? Why Does It Matter?
Central banks seek to manage economies by setting interest rates at levels that encourage or discourage activities such as ...
Chances of Fed rate cut rise despite higher November inflation report
The market sees the probability of another 25 basis point interest rate cut at next week's Federal Reserve meeting as rising ...
The Fed slashed interest rates, but some credit card APRs aren’t going down. Here’s why.
But when the Fed started slashing interest rates in September, with an initial cut of half a percentage point, the average ...
Why a rate cut? Fed’s favorite price gauge likely to show tamer ‘core’ inflation.
Armed with consumer and wholesale inflation reports, Wall Street economists predict the Federal Reserve’s favorite price ...
Fed rate view in focus as robust stocks year draws to close
A banner year for U.S. stocks gets one of its last big tests with the coming week’s Federal Reserve meeting, as investors ...
Worries of a Fed policy mistake are growing amid a hot economy and sticky inflation
The fear among some commentators is that the Fed is cutting rates in a hot economy with inflation above target, raising the ...
With Fed rate cut looming, bitcoin holds above six-figure mark
The Federal Reserve is widely expected to cut interest rates next week, helping bitcoin prices stay above $100,000. Lowered ...