While a rate cut is expected, it's not guaranteed as division grows among Fed officials and they remain without recent key economic data.

While a rate cut is expected, it's not guaranteed as division grows among Fed officials and they remain without recent key economic data.

The central bank is poised to deliver its third straight interest rate cut Wednesday, while firing a warning shot about what's ahead.

A cut is something of an “insurance policy against a shattering of the U.S. labor market,” UBS chief economist Paul Donovan noted this morning.

Only in June does a plurality—41.9%—emerge on CME FedWatch for a further cut to 3.25%.

The central bank is widely expected to announce a quarter percentage point, or 25 basis point, cut to its overnight lending rate at Wednesday's meeting.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday released its interest rate decision.

In a set of quarterly economic projections, Fed officials signaled they expect to lower rates just once next year.

The central bank cut rates for the third time in 2025 as limited government data clouds economic outlook.

The US central bank lowered interest rates for the third time this year, but the outlook for further cuts remains murky.

The central bank's so-called dot plot indicates a median estimate of 3.4% for the federal funds rate at the end of 2026.

Betting markets and Wall Street expected a third consecutive cut in interest rates, but now forecast a cautious approach from the Fed in 2026.

President Trump has spent most of 2025 demanding lower interest rates.