Several flags including that of the United States, Cambodia, the European Union, Japan and ASEAN are seen outside a building in Krong Siem Reap, Cambodia, on July 27, 2025.Asian central banks may find more room to ease policy after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point Wednesday and signaled more reductions ahead, as the region contends with trade headwinds and currency pressures.The cut brought the Fed's benchmark overnight lending rate to 4%-4.25%. Fed Chair Jerome Powell fr ...

9月22日又将公布新一轮贷款市场报价利率（LPR），业内预测，下调幅度可能在20—30个基点，如果成行，这将使部分城市的首套房贷利率有望进入"2 时代"。 而且，国内老百姓90%都是贷款买房，一旦利率调整，就意味着千家万户的房贷利息也将跟着出现变动。 2025年以来，5年期以上LPR已经进行了一轮利率下调，截至2025年7月的数据，LPR利率已经降到了3.6%。 01. 外部环境支持，LPR下调预期升温 周四，美联储已经宣布降息25个基点，把联邦基金利率降低到4.00%—4.25%之间。这也是美联储继时隔9个月以来首次宣布降息。 另外，根据美联储决策者的预测，2025年将再降息50个基点，2026年和2027年将各降息25个基点。 另有有1位美联储官员认为2025年应大幅降息150个基点，即认为年内至少还有两次大幅降息（75BP+50BP）。 美联储的降息周期确定无疑，这将显著缩小中美利差，缓解人民币贬值压力，为我国货币政策提供更多操作空间。 另外，2025年6-8月期间，包括央行二季度例会、政治局会议和下半年工作会议都传递出实施适度宽松货币政策的信号。 这些会议明确提出要根据国内外经济金融形势和金融市场运行 ...

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Joining me now, Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA. Sam, always good to have you. Thanks so much for joining us on Fed Day.>> Happy to be here, Caroline. >> So, Sam, the Fed just cut interest rates for the first time this year. It was widely expected, but what's your takeaway.Well, my takeaway is that they're doing pretty much what the street had been anticipating that they cut by 25 basis points and signaled that there's a possibility of two more cuts by the end of this year. So, uh deciding ...

If the Federal Reserve announces an interest rate cut — even by 25 basis points — today, Michael Saylor's Bitcoin proxy firm Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), formerly MicroStrategy, stands to benefit. Yes, you read that right. Strategy, the world's largest Bitcoin treasury firm, will be able to drive forward its Bitcoin acquisition agenda even more aggressively if the Fed announces a rate cut after the conclusion of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on Sep. 17. The reason is pretty simple and it' ...

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