Today, Wednesday, September 17, 2025, the Fed will announce its monetary policy decision on interest rates.
It seems almost certain that the American central bank will opt for a 25 basis point cut, so much so that the markets have already largely priced in this decision.
In reality, however, today there could still be volatility, because if the rate cut is priced in, the future prospects are quite another matter and still appear uncertain.
The Fed’s Rate Cut
The last rate cut by the Fed was in December of last year, when they cut them by exactly 25 basis points.
Note that previously, from February 2022 to July 2023, they had increased them by as much as 525 basis points, and starting from September of last year, they have only cut them by 100 points. Then they halted the cuts.
The problem is that the level of inflation is still too high, as the annual core inflation between June and July of this year rose from 2.8% to 3.1%.
The Fed’s inflation target is 2%, so the
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