There is a 70% chance that the Fed cuts rates at the June FOMC meeting, according to Polymarket data.
This comes ahead of the FOMC meeting tomorrow,
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Bottom Line Up Front: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) (BRK.A) Chairman Warren Buffett has always insisted that political and economic forecasts are a waste of time for serious investors. Not because major events don’t matter, but because trying to predict them usually leads to costly mistakes. In his 1994 Berkshire Hathaway shareholder letter,
Federal Reserve policymakers are expected to hold interest rates steady when they conclude their first meeting of the new year on Wednesday,
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials are expected to keep their short-term interest rate unchanged Wednesday after three cuts last year, ignoring huge pressure for lower borrowing costs from the White House in favor of waiting to see how the economy evolves.
The central bank’s rate reductions last year were intended to shore up the economy and prevent a sharper deterioration in the job market,