Fed, Wall Street

Wall Street slides as Fed gets more reason to pause rate cuts
The S&P 500 reversed its 2025 advance, to turn negative on the year, amid broad selling, paced by financials and information technology.
Fed minutes show Wall Street pushed back expected end of balance sheet drawdown
Banks told the Fed ahead of the December policy meeting that they saw this process ending in June of this year.
Fed’s top Wall Street regulator to step down after Trump’s advisers pushed to demote him
Trump advisers were weighing whether to strip Michael Barr of his leadership role at the Fed, but Barr stepped down from the job Monday.
Fed gets greenlight to, at least, slow rate cuts: Wall Street view
Bank of America thinks that the US rate-cutting cycle is over, though Oxford Economics is still holding to its base forecast of three cuts, starting in March.
The Fed Is Back in Wait-and-See Mode With Rate Cuts
Having delivered a percentage point of interest-rate cuts in the closing months of last year, Federal Reserve officials are entering 2025 with open minds. Policy has been “recalibrated” for the curren
Minutes Show Fed Officials Were Eager to Slow Rate Cuts
Federal Reserve officials were "at or near the point at which it would be appropriate to slow the pace of policy easing," minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee's Dec. 17-18 gathering showed.
BofA bets on a potential Fed rate hike after jobs report, top Wall-St brokers revise forecasts
Top Wall-Street brokerages revised their Fed rate cut forecasts, after a blow-out U.S. jobs report on Friday, with BofA ...
Wall Street notches another win as Fed's Barr clears the way for gentler banking regulator
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr said he plans to step down from his role by next month to avoid a ...
Wall Street’s great expectations for Trump
Rumors of the labor market’s imminent decline have been greatly exaggerated for some time. Barring an act of God over the next 10 days, Donald Trump will inherit a healthy domestic economy from Joe ...
Stocks and Bonds Rattled as Odds of Fed Rate Cut Recede
Stronger-than-expected data on the labor market has intensified concerns that the economy continues to run at a solid pace, amplifying fears about stubborn inflation.
Wall Street Opens Lower Amid Ongoing Inflation Concerns
The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were down Wednesday morning while the Nasdaq composite was slightly up.
Wall Street Mixed Ahead Of Fed Minutes, Dollar Bolsters Strength, Bitcoin Falls Below $95,000: What's Driving Markets Wednesday?
Wall Street began Wednesday with muted trading, as investors braced for the release of the December Federal Open Market ...
After hotter-than-expected jobs report, Fed funds futures show higher chance of Fed pausing rate cuts next few months
Friday’s hotter than expected jobs report spurred traders in the federal-funds futures markets to price in a higher probability that the Federal Reserve will maintain its benchmark interest rate at ...