us now. We've got Chris Versace, chief investment officer, Chumatica Research and Portfolio Manager of the Street Pro Portfolio. All right, Chris.So, right before we on, you asked me the question on what I think is going to happen today. Now, I get to ask you the question on what you think is going to happen today with the Fed. So, what do you think. What do you expect.So, everybody expects 25 basis points. Uh, no real surprise there. You know, very small percentage of 50.I think after some of the numbers w ...

Despite a string of uninspiring jobs reports and persistent inflation, equities continue delivering the goods. On Monday, the first trading day after what was widely considered a dud of an August jobs... ...

(Reuters) -The interest rate on the most popular U.S. home loan dropped last week to its lowest in a year, sending homeowners racing to lock in cheaper borrowing costs as slowing jobs growth and expectations for a Federal Reserve interest-rate cut drive down yields on benchmark Treasuries. The Mortgage Bankers Association on Wednesday said the contract rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage dropped 10 basis points in the week ended September 12 to 6.39%. That was the lowest since early October 2024, and ...

Bitcoin, Dogecoin, and XRP could soar higher as interest rates decline.When interest rates rose sharply in 2022 and 2023, many cryptocurrencies stumbled as investors pivoted toward more conservative investments. But in 2024, the crypto market warmed up again as the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark rates three times.The Fed hasn't cut its rates yet in 2025, and stubbornly high inflation rates (according to The Motley Fool's latest numbers) might prevent it from replicating its big rate cuts from last year. ...

By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve, goaded by the risk of rising unemployment, reduced interest rates on Wednesday for the first time since December and indicated more cuts would follow to halt any slide in a labor market already experiencing higher joblessness among Blacks, a declining workweek, and other signs of weakness. The decision moves in a direction called for by President Donald Trump, but falls far short of the steep cuts in borrowing costs that he ha ...

By Promit Mukherjee and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada reduced its key policy rate to a three-year low of 2.5% on Wednesday, the first cut in six months, and said it would be ready to cut again if risks to the economy increased in coming months. The 25-basis-point cut reflected a weak jobs market and less concern about underlying pressures on inflation, the bank said. It paused its easing campaign in March after reducing rates by a total of 225 basis points in nine months, startin ...

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LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the U.K. held steady at 3.8% in the year to August, official figures showed Wednesday, a day before the Bank of England is widely expected to keep interest rates on hold. The Office for National Statistics found food and drink prices rose for the fifth month in a row, but airfares fell sharply after a big spike in July. Though inflation remains nearly double the Bank of England's target rate of 2%, most economists had anticipated a modest increase in August. Stubbornly high in ...

CONCLUDED Stock Market News From Sept. 17, 2025: Dow Gains After Fed Decision Last Updated: The dollar was edging higher but hovering near two-and-a-half-month lows as investors braced for a widely anticipated interest-rate cut from the Federal Reserve. The market prices a 97% chance of the Fed cutting rates by 25 basis points and a 3% chance of a 50bp cut in a decision later today, LSEG data show. A larger rate cut would put significant pressure on the dollar, Commerzbank's Thu Lan Nguyen said in a note. T ...

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar fell to a fresh four-year low against the euro before reversing losses to trade higher on the day in a choppy session after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point. The rate cut, along with projections showing two more quarter-percentage-point reductions are anticipated at the remaining two policy meetings this year, indicates Fed officials have begun to downplay the risk that the administration's trade policies w ...