What to Expect in Markets This Week: June Jobs Report, Independence Day Holiday

Key Takeaways Stock and bond markets will close early on Thursday and remain closed all day Friday for the Independence Day holiday.The U.S. jobs report, scheduled for release on Thursday, leads ... Read More

The Labor Market Makes the Fed Look Late on Rate Cuts

The Fed has insisted all year that it’s not time to cut interest rates yet on account of tariff uncertainty. However, as Opening Bell Daily has maintained for several months, the labor market data ... Read More

Week Ahead for FX, Bonds: U.S. Jobs Data in Focus as Fed Rate Cuts Loom

U.S. nonfarm payrolls figures for June will be closely watched because evidence of a weak job market could increase speculation that the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates soon. Read More

Fed rate cut in July? Inside the US central bank, few takers

President Donald Trump says that tame inflation means the Federal Reserve should already be reducing its policy rate, but inside the U.S. central bank the idea has little traction, with only two Fed ... Read More

The Fed is set to make its next rate decision today. Here's what to expect.

The Federal Open Market Committee — the 12-member group that sets rate decisions — will meet on June 17-18. The FOMC's decision will be announced on Wednesday, the second day of the meeting. Read More

Fresh Jobs Data Spurs Investors to Bet on September Fed Rate Cut

Fresh Jobs Data Spurs Investors to Bet on September Fed Rate Cut. ... Fed officials have been using higher rates to battle rapid ... June’s 4.1 percent reading was up from 3.6 percent a year ... Read More

The Fed Went Big With Its First Rate Cut—Here's What Markets Think Will Happen Next - Investopedia

The Fed on Wednesday lowered its federal funds rate target range to between 4.75% and 5% from 5.25% to 5.5%. The cut met investors’ expectations that the central bank would begin this rate ... Read More

The Fed Will Cut Rates in June, Markets Predict. Why Odds Are Shifting. - Barron's

Traders are banking on a quarter-point interest-rate cut from the Federal Reserve in June. But they’re less sure than they used to be. Fed Chair Jerome Powell hasn’t indicated any cuts are ... Read More

Fed Officials See Healthy Jobs Market, No Rate-Cut Rush - U.S. News

U.S. inflation by the Fed's targeted measure, the 12-month change in the personal consumption expenditures price index, ticked up toward the end of last year, measuring 2.6% in December. The Fed's ... Read More

The Fed holds interest rates steady. Here's when a rate cut could happen. - CBS News

Members of the Federal Open Market Committee, the central bank's rate-setting panel, said in a policy statement on Wednesday they will hold the federal funds rate in a range of 5.25% to 5.5% ... Read More

Larry Summers says jobs report shows Fed's half-point rate cut was 'a mistake' - Fox Business

Famed economist Larry Summers said Friday that the September jobs report shows the Federal Reserve's 50-basis point rate cut was "a mistake" in hindsight. Fox Business Personal Finance ... Read More