Analysis

TradingKey – The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 25 basis points on December 10, US Eastern Time, as widely anticipated, with the resolution passing by a 9-3 vote.

TradingKey - The Federal Reserve is likely to halt its rate-cutting cycle before the end of Q2 2026...The magnitude of rate cuts in Q3 and Q4 2026 is expected to far exceed current market expectations...U.S. equities are highly likely to follow a "bearish-then-bullish" trajectory throughout 2026.

TradingKey - Global monetary policy is poised for a rare "reverse script" by the end of 2025. While the Federal Reserve nears its third interest rate cut for the year and is widely expected to continue easing into next, major economies in Europe, Australia, and Japan are concurrently signaling inter

TradingKey - Kevin Hassett, White House National Economic Council Director, is poised to succeed Jerome Powell as the next Federal Reserve Chair. This development signals a potentially more dovish monetary policy. Beyond Wall Street's focus on this outlook, the Fed's independence is also under

Why would Hassett be the best choice for US stocks and the US dollar if he were to become the Federal Reserve Chairman?

TradingKey - If Kevin Hassett — the front-runner with a nomination probability exceeding 70% — is successfully appointed..., U.S. stocks are expected to continue hitting record highs, supported by a significantly accommodative monetary policy environment of interest rate cuts.

TradingKey - San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly has voiced support for a rate cut at next month's Federal Reserve meeting, arguing that a sudden job market deterioration poses a greater and harder-to-manage risk than an inflation surge.

TradingKey - The delayed September Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) and the ambiguous October NFP have already deepened divisions within the Fed amid a persistent data fog. Making the situation more acute, the December NFP report—released unexpectedly late, after the final Federal Open Market Committee

This article analyzes the impending release of the Federal Reserve's October meeting minutes, highlighting divisions on monetary policy, recent rate cuts, and the potential impact on upcoming decisions. With 56% chance of maintaining rates, investor focus remains sharp.

TradingKey - Markets initially greeted the end of the longest U.S. government shutdown with relief—but it didn’t last.

TradingKey - With the Federal Reserve’s “hawkish cut,” the European Central Bank (ECB) pausing for a third time, the Bank of Canada signaling the end of easing, and other major central banks turning cautious on rate cuts, global monetary policy may be approaching a turning point. 

TradingKey - At its October 2025 FOMC meeting, the Federal Reserve delivered the widely expected 25-basis-point rate cut, but the decision came with two unexpected hawkish signals: a rare two-way split in dissenting votes — the first in six years — and an unusually direct hawkish message from Chair

TradingKey - Overbought technical conditions triggered profit-taking, driving the sharp declines in U.S. stocks on 10 October and gold on 21 and 27 October.

TradingKey - At the Federal Reserve meeting ending Wednesday, October 29, policymakers are widely expected to follow through on the rate-cutting path outlined in the September Summary of Economic Projections — delivering a 25-basis-point rate cut, the second of 2025. Simultaneously, with bank

By Jamie McGeeverORLANDO, Florida, Oct 7 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve says its interest rate cuts are aimed at softening the impact of a looming labor market rupture. Unfortunately, cheaper money is unlikely to achieve that goal, but what it almost certainly will do is fuel the "everything...

In the context of the U.S. government shutdown and a period of limited economic data, the Federal Reserve’s release of its latest monetary policy meeting minutes and officials’ statements on 8 October will be particularly significant.

By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Wednesday for the first time in nine months, arguing the move is necessary to counter increasing risks to the labor market. The rationale is sound enough. There's only one problem - it seems to c...

NEW YORK, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday and indicated it will steadily lower borrowing costs for the rest of this year, as policymakers responded to concerns about weakness in the job market in a move that won support from

By Jamie McGeeverORLANDO, Florida, Sept 17 (Reuters) - We're about to see a rare phenomenon in global central banking: the U.S. Federal Reserve is set to embark on an interest rate-cutting cycle just as many of its peers are winding theirs down. Strictly speaking, the Fed is resuming its easing ...

TradingKey - Beyond analyzing whether the updated dot plot after the Fed’s rate decision reflects a dovish or hawkish tilt, investors are increasingly curious about what will become of the Federal Reserve amid political interference, personnel changes, and potential institutional shifts. The Wall