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    A Federal Reserve split over where its priorities should lie cut its key interest rate Wednesday, but signaled a tougher road ahead for further reductions. Fulfilling expectations of a “hawkish cut,” the central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee lowered its key overnight borrowing rate by a quarter percentage point, putting it in a range between 3.5%-3.75%. However, the move carried caution flags about where policy is headed from here and featured “no” votes from three members, which hasn’t happened since September 2019. The 9-3 vote again featured hawkish and dovish dissents – Governor Stephen Miran ... (full story)

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Trader#5E13
Dec 10, 2025 2:43pm
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“Extremely dovish Fed” lowers rates, starts QE, states that inflation is no concern at all, and there is no chance at all for increasing rates.

They shocked the market with their extreme dovishness. So we will go from a very dovish Fed to the most dovish Fed in History in June. Everyone needs to understand there are no hawks left and the Fed will never be hawkish again for years. There are also no bond vigilantes left, that’s a fantasy idea.
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Trader#833D
Dec 10, 2025 3:25pm
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Buy gold, silver, and sell USD.
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