Fed, Wall Street
Wall Street Wants More Big Rate Cuts. Fed Officials Don’t Agree.
Fed officials are betting that a slow-and-steady series of rate declines will keep the economy humming and inflation in check.
Wall Street Has Its Eye on a Big Rate Cut
The S&P 500 is hovering just below record territory, driven by a revived rally as bets have grown that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by half a percentage point.
The Fed’s Rate Cut: A ‘Soft Landing’ – Or ‘Fake News’?
The rate cut is about repairing the Fed’s damaged credibility. “Going big” with 50 basis points is a psychological gambit, to convey decisiveness and self-confidence.
Wall Street stays stuck in place as it counts down to a Fed rate cut
U.S. stock indexes remained stuck in place as Wall Street waited for the Federal Reserve to make its first interest rate cut in more than four years.
Wall Street ticks slightly higher ahead of presumed Fed interest rate cut
Wall Street ticked slightly higher as markets awaited an expected interest rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve, the first in more than four years.
Wall Street mixed as investors await Fed rate clues, data
Wall Street's main indexes were mixed on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 hovering near a record high, as investors awaited more indicators on the state of the economy and upcoming interest rate reductions.
How Fed rate cuts may impact consumers
The Federal Reserve cut its key lending rate by 0.5% on Sept. 18. While it remains to be seen how many more rate cuts will occur, the consensus appears to be additional quarter-point cuts by the end of the year. These cuts are more likely to affect prices on Wall Street than on Main Street.
Most of Wall Street edges lower after Fed delivers a big cut to rates
Most of the U.S. stock market edged lower after the Federal Reserve kicked off its efforts to prevent a recession with a bigger-than-usual cut to interest rates.
Warren advocates for a bigger Fed rate cut, even as Wall Street cheers
Fed Chair Jerome Powell announced a half percent cut to benchmark interest rates on Wednesday — the first cut since March 2020. While a half percent cut is considered large, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren wanted more.
The Wall Street economist who nailed the Fed’s ‘joyous’ rate cut sees the same thing again
"In other contexts, a larger move may convey greater concern about growth, but Powell repeatedly stressed this was basically a joyous cut as ebbing inflation allows the Fed to act to preserve a strong labor market.
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Wall Street soars to records in a rate-cut rally that swept the world
It was a momentous move, closing the door on a run where the Fed kept its main interest rate at a two ... of a recession. Wall Street’s initial reaction to Wednesday’s cut was a yawn, after ...
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Stock futures are little changed as Wall Street anticipates a long-awaited Fed rate cut: Live updates
Stock futures were flat in overnight trading Tuesday as Wall Street anticipated a long-awaited rate cut ... Investors ...