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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is announcing the board’s decision on whether it will cut interest rates. The announcement is slated to begin at 2:30 p.m. TRUMP SAYS HE KNOWS ‘WHO HE’S GOING TO PICK’ FOR FED CHAIRMAN After months of pressure from President Donald Trump,
"The balance of risks has shifted" toward the labor market since the Federal Open Market Committee last met in October, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said in his post-FOMC decision on Wednesday.
The cut of a quarter-point will likely make it cheaper for average Americans to secure mortgages, pay credit card debt or finance cars.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the three rate cuts this year have put the central bank's benchmark interest rate closer to a "neutral" level, meaning it is neither boosting nor holding back the economy.
Follow live coverage of the Federal Reserve's December interest rate decision; the Summary of Economic Projections, or dot plot; and Chair Jerome Powell's press conference.
Cryptocurrency bettors are almost certain that the Federal Reserve will enact a quarter-point interest rate cut at the end of its December meeting on Wednesday. Prediction Markets Give A Thumbs Up The odds of a 25 basis-point cut stood at 97% on the decentralized prediction platform Polymarket,