federal reserve, interest rates

Fed To Wait Until March For Next Interest Rate Cut, Maybe Longer
It is highly unlikely that the Federal Open Market Committee will cut interest rates on January 29. However, a cut in March or May could be possible.
Traders Are Only Pricing in One More Fed Rate Cut This Year. But Odds Are Shifting.
Markets continue to expect the Federal Reserve to deliver just one more quarter-point interest-rate cut this year, but there’s a little less certainty than before. There is a 34% chance that the Fed’s key rate finished the year at 4%-4.
Here's When the Fed Is Likely to Cut Interest Rates Again, and What It Means for Stocks
Since the FOMC is responsible for setting interest rate policy at the Fed, Wall Street watches each SEP very closely. In the September SEP, the FOMC forecast five potential interest rate cuts in 2025, but that forecast was reduced to just two cuts in the December SEP.
Guggenheim expects Fed to cut rates about every quarter in 2025
Guggenheim Partners' chief investment officer forecast on Monday that the U.S. Federal Reserve is likely to cut interest rates roughly every quarter in 2025, bringing the reduction to around 75 basis points or even a full percentage point this year.
Why are interest rates rising when the Fed has been cutting them?
The yield on the 10-year Treasury has recently soared toward its highest level since 2023, injecting nervousness into the U.S. stock market that's knocked indexes from their records.
US Could Cut Interest Rates 3 Or 4 Times This Year: Fed Official
The US Federal Reserve could cut rates three or four times this year if inflation data cooperates, with a first cut possible before July, a senior bank official said Thursday.
Fed Official Says Further Rate Cuts Can Wait
St. Louis Fed President Alberto Musalem suggests greater caution is warranted on reducing interest rates.
Treasury Futures Traders Shake Up Positioning on Fed Cut Bets
Futures traders are shaking up their bets in the Treasury market after benign inflation data and dovish comments from a Federal Reserve official.
How Fed Rate-Cut Odds Have Shifted This Week
Fears of elevated interest rates dampened the mood on Wall Street at the start of this year–but cooling core inflation and dovish comments by Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller have given investors reason to feel a bit more cheerful this week.
Fed Odds Have Shifted Toward Sustained March Pause
As the Federal Reserve’s premeeting blackout period begins, it is a good moment for a look at how Fedspeak and economic data have shifted forward expectations about the central bank’s next moves.
Analyst reboots Fed interest rates forecast after surprising inflation data
Inflation has been around since the days of Alexander the Great and it's not showing any signs of going away. In combating ...
Federal Reserve officials at December meeting expected slower pace of rate cuts ahead
Federal Reserve officials at their meeting Dec. 17-18 expected to dial back the pace of interest rate cuts this year in the ...
Today's Mortgage Rates | Rates Were Forecast To Drop. It's Unclear if They Will.
These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates may not drop as much, or at all, if inflation doesn't continue ...
Private Equity And Rates, Part I: The Theoretical Framework
In 2022 and 2023, following a long period of low interest rates, the US Fed fought the post-pandemic inflation shock with one of the most rapid rate-hiking cycles in history.
Here’s how the Secured Overnight Financing Rate works and why it might matter for your mortgage
SOFR is a benchmark rate which certain variable rate financial products, for example certain mortgages, can be tied to.
What will happen to short-term CD rates in 2025? Experts weigh in
The Federal Reserve's monetary policy decisions will significantly influence the way CD interest rates move in 2025.
Today's Mortgage Rates | Mortgage Rates May Rise Under Trump
These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates are expected to go down with inflation. But Trump could push ...
Volatile interest rates aren’t likely to hurt S&P 500 earnings: Goldman Sachs
The recent declines in the stock market contrasted with a jump in interest rates as investors pondered the effects of ...