Markets set for lower open as investors dial back bets on Fed rate cuts this year
Wall Street's main indexes were on track to open lower on Monday as yields surged after robust payroll numbers last week, boosting expectations that the Federal Reserve will maintain a hawkish stance for most of 2025.
Next CPI Inflation Report Could Reduce 2025 Fed Rate Cut Expectations
If year-on-year total and core CPI consumer inflation rates accelerate, financial markets risk turbulence as investors’ 2025 interest rate cut expectations fall further.
Rate-Cut Decision Was Narrow, Fed Minutes Show
But minutes from their December meeting suggest that the decision was a close call — and that there is no guarantee policymakers will lower rates again anytime soon. The minutes of the central bank’s Dec.
Bitcoin Under Pressure as Goldman Trims Fed Rate Cut Expectations, BofA Sees Potential Hike After Blowout Jobs Report
Risk assets trade weak as investment banks pare back Fed rate cuts in the wake of Friday's hotter-than-expected U.S. jobs report.
Strong December Jobs Report Kills Chances Of A January Fed Rate Cut
Before the strong December jobs report was released, the odds were already low for an interest rate cut in the next Federal Reserve decision on January 29.
Gold down as US jobs data curbs rate cut expectations
Gold prices eased on Monday as strong U.S. jobs data reinforced the Federal Reserve's cautious stance on interest rate cuts and boosted the dollar, though underlying safe-haven demand amid uncertainty around President-elect Donald Trump's policies curbed losses.
Why Financial Markets Are Losing Hope for a 2025 Fed Rate Cut
The economy has been running hotter than expected lately, raising the possibility that the Federal Reserve will hold interest rates higher for longer, and may not even cut interest rates in 2025 as policymakers had predicted.
If the Fed pauses rate cuts in January, it might be because of Trump, Fed minutes show
Federal Reserve officials in December signaled concerns over president-elect Donald Trump’s policies potentially stoking inflation, contributing to a more-cautious approach to interest-rate cuts this year and even a pause this month.
Fed rate cuts are already over after they barely started as blowout jobs report shifts focus to hikes, BofA says
"Inflation is stuck above target and risks are skewed to the upside. Economic activity is robust. We see little reason for additional easing."
Rate Cuts Recede as a Strong Jobs Report Bolsters Fed Uncertainties
Minutes suggest that Fed policymakers were already returning to the data-dependent mindset in the face of the incoming Trump administration. Now investors can only wait and hope.
Bank of America Signals End to Fed Rate Cuts Amid Robust Job Market
Bank of America (BofA) has revised its forecast, stating the Federal Reserves rate-cutting cycle has concluded. This shift follows a stronger-than-expected December jobs report, which revealed a substantial
Futures slide as investors dial back bets on Fed rate cuts this year
U.S. stock index futures fell on Monday as yields surged after robust payroll numbers last week bolstered expectations that ...
S&P 500 Erases Trump Rally As Fed Rate-Cut Odds Sink, Bitcoin Slides
The S&P 500 Trump-election rally has all but vanished, and the bitcoin price is near a two-month low as markets now see just ...
Bonds hammer Fed rate cut bets as inflation greets Trump White House
More immediately, however, the rise in Treasury yields is hammering investor calculations for U.S. stocks, which are based in ...
SNAPSHOT Wall St opens lower as investors dial back bets on Fed rate cuts this year
U.S. stock index futures fell on Monday as yields surged after robust payroll numbers released the previous week spurred bets ...