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The S&P 500 hasn't risen on the day of Fed rate decision since December 2025. This makes sense, given that investors entered this year hoping for more interest-rate cuts and instead are now pricing in more rate increases. Stocks are trying to break that streak in early trading today with the S&P 5
After a unanimous decision to increase interest rates in September, the Fed was more divided in October. Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack and Fed governor Lisa Cook voted against the FOMC’s decision to keep the federal-funds rate unchanged at a range of 3.75% to 4%. Both preferred to raise rate
By: Nicole Goodkind, Megan Leonhardt, Josh Schafer, Karishma Vanjani
Follow live coverage of the Federal Reserve's October meeting, interest-rate decision, and Chair Kevin Warsh's press conference today.
The first big move in markets during Warsh's press conference came as the chair announced fewer Fed meetings moving forward. The S&P 500 quickly hit its highest level of the session, up about 0.4%, after Warsh said the Fed will
By: Josh Schafer
Warsh said the Fed was afforded time to wait to move rates because "the period right in front of us is information rich" and would provide "clarity" on the appropriate path for monetary policy. The Fed will get two more inflation readings and two more labor-market reports before its December meetin
Warsh says the central bank is providing "monetary medicine" with its move to increase the federal-funds rate by a quarter of a percentage point in September. "The overwhelming judgment is that what we've done in this monetary medicine is starting to work some, but there's no firm conclusions," War
The Fed is walking a tight rope with investors. The market is still pricing a 85% chance the central bank increases interest rates again before the end of the year, per CME FedWatch Tool. Yet the S&P 500 is poised to close higher
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