The Federal Reserve System (FRB) will announce the decision of the December FOMC meeting at 4:00 am Japan time on the 19th, and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is scheduled to hold a press conference at 4:30 am. Afterwards, the Bank of Japan, the Sveriges Riksbank, the Norges Bank, and the Bank of England will announce their monetary policies.
Focus on the FRB's expected 0.25 point rate cut in December and the future pace of easing slowing down.
It is expected that the FOMC will announce a 0.25 point rate cut, making it the third rate cut this year and totaling 1 point by 2024. According to CME's FedWatch tool, there is a 97% probability of a rate cut in December. Bloomberg reports that 89 out of 97 analystsIt is expected to lower the target range for the Federal Fund (FF) rate in December to 4.25% - 4.5%is in effect.
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is focusing on considering inflation, the labor market situation, President Trump's policies, geopolitical risks, etc., to discuss the future interest rate reduction trajectory at the meeting.
According to John Faust, former senior advisor to Chairman Powell since 2018 until the beginning of this year, 1...

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