News 2026-09-17 03:24 UTC
Goldman Sachs now expects the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates by another quarter point in October, making it one of the first major Wall Street banks to forecast consecutive rate hikes following the U.S. central bank's hawkish signal on Wednesday.
News 2026-09-15 13:25 UTC
The Federal Reserve’s first rate hike in more than three years is hardly in doubt. Traders assign a 93% probability to a quarter-point increase Wednesday, lifting the federal funds rate to 3.75%—4.00%. Ask economists what happens next, however, and three different tightening cycles emerge. An MNI compilation of analyst