FOMC minutes

Minutes from the January Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting released Wednesday showed many of the Federal Reserve's policymakers stressed the need for additional evidence that inflation was cooling before any further interest rate cuts could be considered.  The Details: The January...

All three major U.S. indices are red in Wednesday's midday trading as investors weighed President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on auto imports, pharmaceuticals and semiconductors. An official announcement is expected as soon as April 2.  Markets are anticipating the release of the most...

Minutes from the September Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting released Wednesday show that a back-and-forth likely took place among members about whether to cut interest rates by 25 basis points or the 50-basis-point reduction, with the latter ultimately chosen. The discussion...

Professional crypto trader Justin Bennett shared his insights on Bitcoin's (CRYPTO: BTC) market volatility and future predictions ahead of the FOMC minutes meeting. What Happened: Bennett took to social media to highlight that the meeting minutes are not a Fed rate decision, which is why does not...

Wall Street experienced a muted session on Wednesday morning as traders adopted a cautious stance ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting minutes release at 2 p.m. EDT and Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) earnings announcement after the market close. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 gained 0.2%, slightly...

Fed participants determined the current interest rate level of between 5.25% and 5.5% is restrictive and putting downward pressure on economic activity and inflation, Federal Open Market Committee minutes from the Fed’s November’s meeting revealed Tuesday. This stance signals a...

Since the Nov. 1 Federal Reserve policy-setting meeting, market expectations on interest rates have taken a dovish turn. Tuesday’s publication of the minutes from that meeting could provide a sobering reminder that the Fed’s thinking may lag that of the markets. Following last week...

A majority of Fed participants said that one more increase in the target federal funds rate at a future meeting would likely be appropriate, according to the minutes from September’s Federal Open Market Committee Meeting that were revealed Wednesday. Most participants expressed concerns...

By RoboForex Analytical Department Geopolitical factors continue to exert influence on gold price dynamics. At the time of writing this commentary, no new growth impulses were observed, primarily due to the ongoing optimism regarding a potential compromise between the conflicting parties...

According to minutes from the FOMC’s July 25-26 policy meeting, most participants continued to be concerned by “significant upside risks to inflation.” The hotly anticipated transcript provides market participants with an opportunity to gauge the US central bank’s thinking...

The recently released July FOMC minutes have laid bare the growing divergence of views among Federal Reserve officials, with a majority emphasizing the presence of “significant upside risks to inflation, which could require further tightening of monetary policy.” This sentence, widely...

The once-solid consensus among Federal Reserve members regarding the ongoing rate hike campaign initiated in March 2022 is now showing signs of fragmentation within the board. Recent insights gleaned from the minutes of the latest Federal Open Market Committee meeting held on July 25-26 underscore...

Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s July meeting are set to be released at 2 p.m. ET Wednesday, and they will likely indicate that only a few officials were in favor of maintaining current interest rates for the rest of the year. This insight was shared by Bloomberg economists Anna Wong and...

Investors are eagerly anticipating Wednesday’s 2:00 p.m. ET release of the minutes from the latest Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting held on July 25-26. At the July FOMC meeting, policymakers opted for a 0.25% rate hike, pushing rates to 5.25-5.5%, following a brief pause in June,...

Market veteran Ed Yardeni says the U.S. economy has shifted from a “rolling recession” to a “rolling recovery”. He says large parts of the residential real-estate sector had been in a recession for eight quarters. But a sharp rise of 12% in new home sales (among...