Investing & Performance | 7 April 2024 Monthly update: Interest rate cuts in sight? Investors remain focused on when interest rates will drop. Here’s our take on it all, and a summary of how we make our investment decisions here at Coutts. WHAT’S HAPPENING IN FINANCIAL MARKETS? Despite ...
"The fact that the Fed scaled back the number of rate cuts from three to one is going to disappoint those who were hoping for a summer rate drop," said Bright MLS chief economist Lisa Sturtevant in an email. "Mortgage rates, which have remained higher for longer, will likely rema...
That's even as the U.S. Federal Reserve, often viewed as the central bank leader due to the U.S.'s outsize influence on the global economy, has left traders pondering when its first rate cut will come. Money market pricing suggests a 65% chance of a September cut in the U.S., ac...
“Today’s move is larger than many anticipated, signaling the Fed is erring on the side of caution as it relates to softening in the labor market,” she wrote in a commentary. “The economy is actively slowing and a smaller rate cut may have been too timid. By cutting a half of a ...
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ECONOMISTS PREDICT MUCH STRONGER GROWTH IN 2024. HERE'S WHY Most investors now expect the Fed to begin cutting rates in June and are penciling in three to four reductions this year — a dramatic shift from the start of the year, when they anticipated six rate cuts beginning as soon as Ma...
Rates steadily increased throughout summer 2024 but took a sharp dip in September 2024. Since rates are trending down, your ongoing APR — the interest rate after your intro APR offer ends — won’t be as high, ultimately saving you even more money. So now’s a good time to consider ...
While we have started to see a very small drop to 12.38 percent as of Nov. 6, this second rate drop isn’t likely to move the needle very far. Overall economic health has more of an influence on personal loan rates than moves made by the Fed. And those most likely to benefit first...
“The Fed likes to signal their moves in advance, and they haven’t signaled a July rate cut,” Robert Fry, chief economist atRobert Fry Economics, said in an email. “They’ll probably drop some hints of a September rate cut at the July meeting.” ...
Around 18 per cent said they were waiting for a cut of 50 to 100 basis points, and 23 per cent said they need to see a drop of more than 100 basis points. “Not surprisingly, the quarter-point cut to the bank rate didn’t substantially improve the affordability picture,” said Soper...