CONCLUDED Fed Cuts Rates by a Quarter Point, as Expected, and Sees 2 More Cuts This Year Last Updated: 2 hours ago Here's What Happened at the FOMC Meeting Today By Sabrina Escobar (AFP via Getty Images) The Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time in nine months on Wednesday, signaling concerns about a weakening labor market. The central bank's Federal Open Market Committee voted to lower its target range for the federal-funds rate by a quarter percentage point to 4% to 4.25%, in line with inv ...

US stocks closed mixed on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time this year. Fed officials voted in favor of a 25 basis point reduction, a move highly anticipated by the market, following the central bank's two day policy meeting. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) rose 0.5%, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) dropped 0.1% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) fell 0.3%. Fed Chair Jerome Powell said during a press conference that the Fed decision was a "risk management ...

You can find original article here Wealthmanagement. Subscribe to our free daily Wealthmanagement newsletter. (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve officials lowered their benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point and penciled in two more reductions this year following months of intense pressure from the White House to slash borrowing costs. Chair Jerome Powell pointed to growing signs of weakness in the labor market to explain why officials decided it was time to cut rates after holding them stead ...

Shares of Nvidia extended its downward trajectory on Wednesday after the US Federal Reserve lowered the benchmark interest rate. The economic event did not help arrest the slide in Nvidia as the S&P 500 fell after posting slight gains after the Fed's decision. ...

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates today by 25 basis points (bps), following months of speculation about inflation, politics, and economic data. The move will likely boost markets' confidence and ... ...

Bob Michele, JPMorgan Asset Management global head of fixed income, reacts to the decision by the Federal Reserve's policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee to lower the benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point. ...

美联储利率决议影响 - 美联储将基准利率从4.25%-4.5%下调至4%-4.25% [1] - 降息提振汽车股表现 因低利率可能刺激新车销售需求 [1] 汽车制造商股价表现 - 通用汽车股价上涨1.7% [1] - 福特汽车股价上涨2% [1] - 特斯拉股价微跌0.1% 此前连续六个交易日累计上涨约22% [2]

货币政策调整 - 美联储宣布年内首次降息 将基准利率下调25个基点至4%-4.25%区间[1] - 本次降息前美联储本年度前五次议息会议均维持利率不变[1] - 唯一反对票委员Miran主张更激进的50个基点降息幅度[5] 经济数据表现 - 劳动力市场呈现疲软迹象 就业增长放缓且失业率上升[2][3] - 通胀水平持续高企并呈现上升趋势 受关税相关价格上涨影响[2][3] - 就业下行风险增加对美联储实现双重目标构成挑战[2][3] 政策决策考量 - 货币政策决策基于就业最大化和2%通胀目标的双重使命[2] - 当通胀和就业指标同时偏离目标时 政策将优先关注偏离程度更大的指标[5] - 经济不确定性导致前期保持利率不变[1] 政治环境因素 - 特朗普政府持续施压美联储降息 并曾威胁解雇主席鲍威尔[6] - 针对美联储理事Cook的解雇企图因法院裁决暂被阻止[9] - 新任命理事Stephen Miran及时参与本次议息会议投票[10]

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is set to speak with reporters following the central bank's decision to deliver the first interest rate cut of 2025. Policymakers lowered rates by a quarter percentage point, bringing its benchmark interest rate to a range of 4%-4.25%. In the weeks leading up to the decision, analysts had been confident a rate cut was coming considering a slew of data pointing to a slowdown in the labor market. Most traders had expected the 25 basis point cut rather than a deeper reduct ...

By Sabrina Escobar CONCLUDED Fed Cuts Rates by a Quarter Point, as Expected, and Sees 2 More Cuts This Year Last Updated: 4 hours ago Miran Was the Sole Dissent, Opting for a Larger Cut Cryptocurrencies Data Magazine Markets Stock Picks Barron's Live Roundtable Barron's Stock Screen Personal Finance Streetwise Advisor Directory Stephen Miran earlier this month. (Getty Images) Newly installed Fed governor Miran was the only member of the Federal Open Market Comittee to vote against the decision to cut intere ...