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The Fed has a rate cut plus a bunch of other things on its plate this week. Here’s what to expect
The easy part for the Federal Reserve on Wednesday will be announcing an interest rate cut when it wraps up its two-day policy meeting. The hard part will be taking care of other details that are presenting substantial challenges to policymaking these days. Markets are assigning a nearly 100% probability that the Federal Open Market Committee will approve a second consecutive quarter percentage point, or 25 basis point, reduction in the federal funds rate. The overnight lending benchmark is currently targeted between 4%-4.25%. Beyond that, policymakers are likely to debate, among other things, the future path of ... (full story)
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