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A Trader’s Week Ahead: Will Powell Deliver Amid a Deluge of Macro Risks?
A little over four hours before the FOMC meeting, the Bank of Canada (BoC) meet and look set to get the rate-cut party started. After poor employment reports in July and August, market pricing in CAD swaps implies an 84% probability that the BoC will cut rates. The Norges Bank (meeting 18 Sept) may also lower rates, although that is a closer call — NOK interest rate swaps imply a 60% probability of a cut, while the majority of economists also forecast a cut. I’m not one to promote trading over a central bank meeting — that is a fine art and often best left to the high frequency algos — but there is a real ... (full story)
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The Fed dominates the headlines. An upcoming meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC, the Fed’s interest rate policy group) on September 16-17 is already receiving outsized attention because of the likelihood that the Fed will cut interest rates for the first time since December 2004. Trump’s efforts to mold the Fed board of governors to his ...
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From features.financialjuice.com | Sep 15, 2025
Markets and analysts are widely expecting the Fed to cut rates 25 bps to 4.25% at this upcoming meeting, marking the first rate cut this year, and the resumption of the cutting cycle, which paused last year. If realised, attention will turn to the Rate Statement, and more importantly, the Summary of Economic Projections (SEP). While specific September SEP ...
