Fed Expected to Cut Rates Twice This Year, Starting

Fed Expected to Cut Rates Twice This Year, Starting in September
The Federal Reserve will keep interest rates steady through the first half of the year, before delivering two reductions beginning in September, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg News.
SA Asks: Will the Fed cut rates next week?
The Federal Open Market Committee is expected to vote next Wednesday on whether to raise, lower or maintain interest rates at current levels amid heightened concern that a recession may be looming for the US economy.
Fed still expected to cut interest rates in 2025 despite trade war — but not until later in year
The Federal Reserve is still expected to cut interest rates this year — but not until the fall — as policymakers weigh the fallout from President Trump’s tariffs on trade
Fed official resets interest rate cut forecast for 2025
In serious crises the Fed has stepped in. It played a key role in stabilizing the financial system in the 2008-2009 financial crisis. And it made sure the U.S. economy didn't seize up entirely in the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Fed holds steady on interest rates, potential cuts loom in June amid trade war fears
The Fed won't lower rates at its policy meeting next week, but could deliver the first of a set of rapid-fire reductions in borrowing costs in June.
Barclays expects US Fed to deliver two rate cuts this year on softer labor market activity
Softer U.S. labor market conditions against the backdrop of trade-policy uncertainty have prompted Barclays to raise its expectations to two rate cuts by the Federal Reserve for the year from one.
Fed rate cut bets won't be cemented by soft inflation data
The Federal Reserve will likely need a lot more data, and a few more months, to clarify its growth and inflation forecasts and set the path for future rate moves as the impact of tariff and trade uncertainty continues to echo through the world's biggest economy and beyond.
Fed rate cuts could ward off a serious recession, Jim Cramer says
"We're most likely not going to go into a serious recession, because the Fed can take action to prevent that," he said. "And even if the Fed does nothing, the market can recover once all of this tariff stuff is behind us — and it will be behind us at some point.
Rising inflation expectations could put Fed on shallower rate-cut path
American families are growing sharply less optimistic about the economic outlook, but the Federal Reserve may be loathe to respond aggressively to a weakening economy in light of increasing worries that the Trump administration's trade policy will boost already elevated inflation.
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