A team of analysts at Barclays said Tuesday they still expect slightly lower rates over the course of 2025. However, they ...
Morgan Stanley joined Barclays and Macquarie in forecasting a single 25 basis point interest rate cut by the U.S. Federal ...
Wall Street isn’t ruling out a chance of eventual rate hikes. - Getty Images While Federal Reserve policymakers aren’t expected to lower interest rates on Wednesday, questions about potential ...
The bar for interest-rate hikes from the Federal Reserve remains high, but they aren't being ruled out either. Barclays analysts looked at three prior episodes of reversals of Fed policy and found a ...
Stocks remain near record highs, while spreads on corporate bonds have stayed close to historic lows. "Risk assets like stocks and corporate bonds have been sending strong signals for 15 months that t ...
Cut? Hike? Stand pat? The central bank lowers rates to stimulate a soft economy and job market; it raises rates or keeps them higher for longer to tame inflation. Fed officials aren’t expected ...
That would probably mean fewer rate cuts from the Fed in 2025 -- perhaps none. It might even put rate hikes back in play, forecasters say. Another possibility: Trump’s blueprint could drive ...
But in a scenario in which foreign countries enacted retaliatory tariffs and inflation expectations climbed, the Fed judged it appropriate to hike rates. Recent consumer surveys have shown an ...
Meanwhile, Fed officials have clearly signaled they expect to skip a rate hike, at least in January, to evaluate the job market and economy. “In January, we kind of need to see what’s going to ...