It should be fun to see how Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell skirts around the issue of cutting interest rates. Anyway, here is Powell’s post-FOMC press conference:
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Federal Reserve signals rate cuts in 2024 at final FOMC meeting of 2023
The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged at the final FOMC policy meeting of 2023. But the central bank signaled that it will begin slashing interest rates next year. Here is a breakdown of the Summary of Economic Projections (SEP):
Investors betting 56% chance of rate cuts in March 2024
Will the Federal Reserve cut interest rates as early as March 2024? Investors certainly think so. Fed Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues have insisted that it is premature to discuss cutting rates, arguing that policy needs to be in restrictive territory for longer. But the financial markets don’t believe it for one second. Despite […]
WATCH: Post-FOMC press conference
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will hold his post-Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting press conference. You can watch below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm4McpKTA7Y
Federal Reserve expects interest rates to be ‘restrictive’ until inflation eases
Here are minutes from the September Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy meeting: The manager turned first to a review of developments in financial markets over the intermeeting period. U.S. data releases generally pointed to greater economic resilience than previously thought, and the reaction in market pricing implied both a higher expected trajectory for the […]