Federal Reserve policymakers cut interest rates for the third straight meeting on Wednesday while signaling there may be only one cut next year as rates get closer to a neutral level. The Fed lowered ...

The US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), in its December 10th meeting, trimmed the key lending rate by 25 basis points. However in 2026, the central bank expects to continue on ...

European defence stocks fall as US gives Ukraine ultimatum. FOMC expected to cut rates. Focus on dot plot and market weigh up hawkish approach. Joshua Mahony is Chief Markets Analyst at Scope Markets.

Bonds were modestly weaker overnight, but have moved back into positive territory after this morning's Employment Cost Index and NYSE. This means 10yr yields are at the bleeding edge of the 3-month ...

Fed decision, dot plot, and Powell’s remarks drive caution across Asian markets ahead of a volatile mid-week session. Stabilizing JGB yields and a weaker yen ease fears of a yen carry trade unwind, ...

Gold and silver trade sideways as markets await the Fed’s dot plot, with traders pricing an 85% chance of a December rate cut. A subdued US dollar supports precious metals, reflecting weakening ...

Financial markets have been confident for weeks that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by a quarter point at this week’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting. But beneath that expectation ...

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed modestly lower, with futures contracts reversing the losses, following the 0.25% interest rate reduction from the Federal Reserve, with the updated 'dot plot' only ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Weinstein covers topics ranging from the Fed to the cost of college. Sep 17, 2025, 10:48pm EDT At its September 17th meeting the ...

Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday penciled in slightly steeper interest rate cuts this year and next, but there was a wide array of responses in the so-called dot plot, signaling uncertainty ...

The Fed's dot-plot shows a split over whether to the central bank should cut rates three times this year. According to the Fed's "dot-plot" three were 9 officials who wanted only 2 cuts or less. There ...