Options Traders Seek Protection From Higher Rates Ahead Of Fed Decision Emerging-markets assets rose on Monday as traders geared up for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates this week, a move that’s expected to unlock fresh inflows into risk markets An index As Fed chair Jerome Powell announced the first 025% interest-rate increase on March 16, 2022, he repeated "price Mortgage rates have driven up new buyers' monthly payments, but record-high
Watch Bloomberg Markets The Close 09 16 2022 Bloomberg Cross/Bloomberg 19 Fed officials saw “a plausible case” for cutting rates by 025 percentage point at the July 30-31 meeting or indicated “that they could have supported such a decision” Stocks close mixed on Monday as traders and investors prepared for the start of the Federal Reserve's highly anticipated policy meeting The Federal Open Market Committee, the Fed's rate-setting Another driver that should support prices is the growing expectations that the US Federal Reserve (Fed) will opt for a large 50-basis-points interest-rate cut on Wednesday This helps Crude Oil prices The Stoxx Europe 600 was up 03% by the close Resources, retail and automotive sectors led the gains, while telecommunication stocks were the biggest laggards
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