Key Takeaways The Fed Is Widely Expected to Cut Rates 25 bpsPolitics Are Rife in the FOMC for the First TimeEmpire State Manufacturing Fell to Negative AgainMonday, September 15, 2025We have a busy week ahead of us in the stock market, though we already know the most consequential event awaiting market participants: Wednesday’s decision on monetary policy from the U.S. Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). It is widely expected that the Fed will cut rates at this meeting for the first time in 2025; the FOMC ...