Fed seen resuming interest-rate cuts

Fed seen on course for June start to 2025 rate cuts after data
The Federal Reserve is seen restarting interest-rate cuts in June, traders bet on Tuesday, as government data showed U.S. producer prices were unexpectedly flat last month and weekly jobless claims fell.
Fed Likely Won’t Cut Rates On March 19. Here’s What To Look For
The Fed is not expected to cut interest rates at the conclusion of its next meeting on March 19, but there may be clues to the timing of the next cut.
Fed rate cuts could ward off a serious recession, Jim Cramer says
Lower rates can stimulate the economy, and Cramer said the data in the CPI report gives the Fed room to cut, which would benefit the market as a whole. The central bank may actually have to cut, he continued, because tariff increases could lead consumers to spend less, which in turn means many retailers will miss their estimates.
Why May Rate-Cut Expectations Dipped Despite Inflation News
The odds of the Federal Reserve implementing at least one quarter-point interest rate cut in early May fell to 30.5% after Wednesday’s consumer price index data arrived. That compares with 37.4% on Tuesday,
IJJ's Focus Doesn't Work When There's Inflation Amid Potential Rate Cuts
This is owed to the mid-market focus of the ETF, and also demonstrates the bifurcation that we've seen in markets just now with the CPI data fresh off the press. While large cap ETFs are seeing some respite after days of correction, the IJJ and the U.S. mid-market are much more lukewarm, and declines continue for the most part.
Cooler inflation paves way for Fed to resume rate cuts in June
Cooler inflation last month leaves the door open for the Federal Reserve to resume cutting interest rates by mid-year, but the central bank remains worried that U.S. tariff hikes could rekindle price pressures,
Fed Rate Expectations Are Shifting. Next Cut Could Be in May.
Expectations for the next interest-rate reduction are being brought forward after the stock market’s big selloff at the start of the week. Investors had penciled in June as the most likely moment for
After CPI inflation report, federal-funds futures point to no Fed rate cuts before June
Traders in the federal-funds futures market are expecting the Federal Reserve will hold its benchmark interest rate steady until June, when they anticipate a potential rate cut. Fed-funds futures pointed to a 99% probability of the Fed keeping its policy rate at the current level of 4.
Jobs, Inflation, and the Fed: Will 2025 See One, Two, or Three Rate Cuts?
Traders are actively assessing the likelihood of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts for the year. While the Fed will likely remain idle this month, more long-term forecasts indicate a 25% chance of two rate cuts,
Rate Cuts Are Probably Coming, but Not Because of a 'Soft Landing'
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Tariff uncertainty, rate cut bets keep gold near record levels
Gold prices gained on Thursday, holding near all-time high levels, as elevated tariff uncertainty and bets on monetary policy ...
Top Wall Street analyst anticipates Fed rate cut amid market “overreaction”
Top Wall Street analyst Tom Lee believes that a Fed rate cut is highly likely, given the “overreaction” in the market.
Fed holds steady on interest rates, potential cuts loom in June amid trade war fears
The Fed won't lower rates at its policy meeting next week, but could deliver the first of a set of rapid-fire reductions in borrowing costs in June.
Gold trades near record levels on rate cut hopes, tariff jitters
Gold prices edged higher on Thursday as uncertainty over tariffs persisted, driving safe-haven demand, while a ...
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As Australia’s RBA cuts rates, here are the swap opportunities
Both the 3yr and 5yr payers are impact positive in carry, but that dissipates as the RBA cuts (final (3) above). The 10yr has cumulative negative carry of some 500bp (average 50bp pa). This may seem ...
RBI likely to cut rates in April MPC meet as inflation drops below 4%: UBS
Swiss investment bank UBS believes an accommodative monetary policy could help India sustain growth amid rising global ...
Fed to deliver rapid-fire rate cuts if economic downturn happens, traders bet
The Federal Reserve won't lower interest rates at its policy meeting next week, but could deliver the first of a set of rapid ...