The FOMC meeting has just concluded with many important signals for the global financial market.
The Fed has reduced interest rates by 0.25%, a total cut of 0.75% in 2025. However, Powell emphasized:
- There is no fixed roadmap for future cuts.
- Everything depends on inflation data – employment.
- The Fed does not want to repeat the cycle of easing too quickly. (2020-2021)
The new dot-plot chart came as a surprise:
- 2026: only 1 cut remaining
- 2027: also only 1 cut remaining
The Fed has announced it will resume purchasing treasury bills, totaling about 40 billion USD in 30 days. However, this is merely liquidity management to stabilize the system's liquidity and not QE (long-term money pumping).
In summary after the news: stocks up, gold up, cryptocurrencies remain flat.
Chairman Powell's speech shows a somewhat ambiguous stance, unclear on the policy for 2026. This leads to expectations for strong movements in employment and inflation data next week. According to experts' predictions, the Fed will cut once more in January, while it will remain unchanged in March.
