‘The market is right’: Former Fed policymaker Mester sees fewer rate cuts next year after Trump’s victory – cnbc
The U.S. Federal Reserve could carry out fewer rate cuts than previously expected next year should President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed global tariffs take hold, former Fed policymaker Loretta Mester said Tuesday.
Correction: Markets are now expecting 1 percentage point of cuts in the first half of 2025, according to median poll forecasts cited by Reuters. An earlier version misstated the figure.
“Former Harris communications director Jamal Simmons said on CNN that Joe Biden could step down, allowing Kamala Harris to serve as the 47th president.”
and … lets say / what reaction from bonds could one expect, assuming joe does so willingly and obediently ?
GBPUSD 1.2798 is the key level, a firm break would open a void until 1.2611-64… makes 1.28 the pivotal level…GBPUSD selling pressure is also coming from a firmer EURGBP (8 15 min green candles in a row) will post a chart later
I am not an expert on German stocks but there are headwinds, both political and economic… slow economy, political (German election), slow China, risk of US tariffs
On this CFD chart, 19139 and 19000 need to hold to contain the current retracement and keep it from turning into something more.
Failure to regain 1.0665 kept risk on the downside.
The bounce from above 1.06 suggests a possible options defense at this key chart support. Back above 1.0630, at a minimum, would be neede3d to slow the risk.
We have a very special situation on our hands boys and girls – in previous period it was all about Interest Rates and FOMC / ECB decisions , but now the rules are about to change.
We can call these two coming months : Pre Trump Era
There are already gazillion speculations on how the incoming Gov in USA will influence the world, markets and our daily livelihood – but those are exactly that – Speculations.
And until Trump takes a Crown, we can expect some very wild stories and even wilder reactions of the markets.
Do not fall for any of it – not only that no one really knows what’s gonna happen next, but you can’t rely even on statements coming directly from The Man – he tends to talk a lot, but at the end results are at best mixed.