Key Takeaways Pre-market Futures Add to Yesterday's All-Time Closing HighsThe Outlook for an Accommodative Fed Is Set, Even with Higher Inflation on the HorizonStruggles for the Labor Market, Looking AheadFriday, September 19, 2025It’s the last Friday of trading for the summer of 2025, a week and a half from the end of calendar Q3, the major economic reports of the week have already been released and the Fed has made its monetary policy decision. Feels like a good time to put our feet up for a minute — espe ...

“I live a comfortable life, but the Fed’s decision won’t make a blind bit of difference to me.” (Photo subject is a model.) - MarketWatch photo illustration/iStockphoto Dear Quentin, I don’t want to sound ungrateful, but I have what you may regard as a controversial question: Am I the biggest loser with the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cut, which I assumed will have happened by the time you read this or, more likely, your readers see this. I’m 68, retired and living in California. I’m on a fixed inco ...