Guggenheim expects Fed to cut rates about every quarter in 2025
Guggenheim Partners' chief investment officer forecast on Monday that the U.S. Federal Reserve is likely to cut interest rates roughly every quarter in 2025, bringing the reduction to around 75 basis points or even a full percentage point this year.
Here's When the Fed Is Likely to Cut Interest Rates Again, and What It Means for Stocks
Since the FOMC is responsible for setting interest rate policy at the Fed, Wall Street watches each SEP very closely. In the September SEP, the FOMC forecast five potential interest rate cuts in 2025, but that forecast was reduced to just two cuts in the December SEP.
Federal Reserve rate cuts could create more harm than good
Financial markets are still concerned about inflation. The Fed influences short-term interest rates, which are falling, but longer-term bonds like the 10-year Treasury are a better reflection of inflation expectations.
Trump targets Fed and calls for lower interest rates
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would demand that interest rates drop immediately, and that other countries should follow suit - marking his first broadside at Federal Reserve monetary policymaking since taking office just three days ago.
Trump pressures Federal Reserve to lower interest rates
President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would press the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates “immediately,” rekindling a fight over the historically independent U.S. central bank.
No, Trump Can’t Force the Fed to Cut Interest Rates. It Doesn’t Work That Way.
President Trump called for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates on Thursday in his first public comments on the central bank since taking office. The pressure campaign won’t do much to bring down borrowing costs.
Trump says he will demand that interest rates 'immediately' drop
President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would lobby the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, signaling that he will continue his criticism of the independent agency.
Trump takes aim at Fed in economic forum comments
In an address to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, delivered via video link Thursday, President Donald Trump revisited his displeasure with the policy direction of the U.S. Federal Reserve that ...
Will The Federal Reserve’s Soft Landing Become An Emergency Ditch?
Many economists have felt relief over continued GDP growth. But ongoing data releases suggest that the foundation of the economy — consumer spending — isn’t sustainable.
Federal Reserve set for an extended pause
Such a policy could just about be read as consistent with also wanting to maintain the dollar as the pre-eminent reserve ...
How will CD interest rates be impacted by the January Fed meeting?
Could CD interest rates decline again this month? Here's what savers should consider before the January Fed meeting.
Federal Reserve withdraws from global regulatory climate change group
The U.S. Federal Reserve announced on Friday it had withdrawn from a global body of central banks and regulators devoted to ...
HELOCs steady, home equity loans up before the Fed’s first 2025 meeting
For homeowners looking to tap record amounts of home equity, the good news could well be ongoing. Bankrate Chief Financial ...
Why are interest rates rising when the Fed has been cutting them?
The Federal Reserve itself warned recently that it may cut interest rates only twice in 2025 after earlier projecting ...
Federal Reserve Withdraws From Global Climate Coalition
The Federal Reserve has withdrawn from the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System, a ...
Trump orders all federal DEI staff to be put on leave
Trump's executive order ends the government's DEI programs, impacting everything from anti-bias training to funding for ...