Mortgage rates have inched higher after the Federal Reserve cut benchmark interest rates, a counterintuitive but common phenomenon. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate was 6.35% on Friday, up from 6.13% the day before the Fed cut rates, according to Mortgage News Daily. Mortgage rates ticked up after the central bank delivered its widely expected 25 basis point cut, with Fed Chairman Jerome Powell cautioning that “there is no risk-free path” as the Fed tries to navigate a weakening labor market and r ...

Hedge fund billionaire David Tepper said the Federal Reserve could cut rates a bit more, but then risks more inflation and other dangers to the economy and markets if the central bank goes further than that.In other words, be careful what you wish for."If they go too much more on interest rates, depending what happens with the economy ... it gets into the danger territory," Tepper said on CNBC's "Squawk Box" Thursday.His comments come after the central bank lowered interest rates by a quarter point Wednesda ...

美联储利率决议 - 摩根大通将最优惠贷款利率下调至7.25% [1] - 联邦基金利率从4.8%降至4.08% [5][17] - 美联储点阵图显示19名成员中6人支持年内不再降息 9人支持再降息两次 1人支持再降息五次 [1] 货币政策立场 - 本次降息25个基点属于风险管理式调整 并非货币政策剧烈转变 [1][4] - 美联储政策仍高度依赖数据 未来可能降息一次或两次 [17][21] - 主席强调政策处于"高度限制性" 将逐步向中性水平回归 [16] 双重政策目标矛盾 - 通胀率超过2%阈值 但就业市场出现恶化迹象 [2][13] - 月度新增就业岗位从15万大幅降至2.5-3万 [3][13] - 货币政策面临两难选择：抑制通胀可能加剧失业 刺激就业可能推高通胀 [3][14] 市场反应与资产表现 - 标普500指数上涨2点 道指上涨245点 纳斯达克下跌26点 [5] - 避险资产黄金和比特币下跌超过1170美元 [6] - 风险资产未受负面影响 市场认为美联储会议有序可控 [7][9] 劳动力市场特征 - 劳动力市场出现异常现象：就业者不愿离职 求职者难以入职 [23] - 每月维持就业平衡所需的岗位数量已接近零误差范围 [22] - 零售数据显示 grocery支出经通胀调整后下降 餐厅支出上升 反映消费分层 [32] 通胀风险因素 - 关税政策分阶段实施可能导致价格波浪式上涨或利润率压缩 [24][32] - 底层80%美国人实际工资停滞 顶层20%支撑服务部门通胀 [31] - 存在通胀预期自我实现的风险 可能影响充分就业的可持续性 [24][25] 决策层共识度 - 本次会议仅出现一票反对 去年曾有两票反对 [9][11] - 新任成员Steven Myron主张降息50个基点 而非25个基点 [29][30] - 主席成功凝聚内部共识 显示对政策的控制力 [9][20]

Key insight: Bank stocks rose Wednesday after the Fed announced plans to cut the federal funds interest rate by one-quarter of a percentage point.What's at stake: Banks' net interest income could be negatively affected by the cut, but loan growth could help offset such a decline.Expert quote: Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the board hasn't decided about future rate cuts. "Some supported more cuts and some didn't," he said Wednesday.Bank stocks edged upward Wednesday after the Federal Reserve's first interest- ...

美联储利率决议 - 美联储将联邦基金利率从4.25%下调25个基点至4% [1] - 新任美联储理事Stephen I. Miran主张更大幅度降息50个基点但未获通过 成为唯一投反对票成员 [1] 市场即时反应 - 股市先涨后跌 标普500收盘下跌0.1% 纳斯达克下跌0.33% 道琼斯工业平均指数上涨0.57% [2] - 罗素2000小型股指数上涨0.26% 黄金价格冲高至3704美元/盎司后回落至3665美元 [2] 期权市场动态 - 认沽期权活动初始激增 反映投资者增加对冲保护以应对下行风险 [3] - 投资者关注2024年是否还有两次降息及2026年政策前景 [3] 经济基本面分析 - 新增就业人数从7月7.9万骤降至2.2万 失业率升至4.3%创2021年以来新高 [4] - 美联储更关注劳动力市场疲软而非关税相关通胀风险 [5] - 本次降息属于风险管理操作 政策立场从限制性转向中性 [5] 政策信号解读 - 美联储暗示经济存在未来疲软迹象 预示可能进一步降息 [4] - 鲍威尔主席对经济放缓及劳动力市场状况下的价格上涨可能性担忧减轻 [6]

Steve Leeman, CNBC. Mr. . Chair, um, in the past during rake cut, you used the word recalibration and I wonder if you pointedly did not use it this time and in fact when you said policy is not on a preset course, did you mean to that as sort of the opposite of pre of of recalibration.Are we um meeting to meeting data point by data point. Are we in the process here of getting back to neutral. Thank you.So I think we are we're in a meeting bymeating situation. We're going to be looking at the data. You know, ...

美联储政策动向 - 美联储本次会议未出现异议投票 上次会议出现30年来首次异议投票[1][2] - 委员Bowman和Waller获得25个基点降息后未持异议 委员Myin主张50个基点更大幅度降息[3][4] - 市场预期一年后联邦基金利率将降至3%水平[5] 利率政策对房地产市场影响 - 85%抵押贷款持有人利率低于5.5% 利率需显著收窄才能激活房地产市场[5] - 2021年1月再融资潮中借款人获得低于3%的抵押利率 形成利率锁定效应[6] - 5.5%利率水平被视为房地产市场解锁关键点 因利率朝正确方向变动[7] 利率敏感型行业表现 - 罗素2000小型股指数上涨1.9% 住房类股票出现上涨动向[8] - 40%罗素2000成分公司处于亏损状态 高度依赖利率环境和变动利润率[9] - 科技投资、消费 discretionary（百思买、家得宝）及可融资产品（福特、通用汽车）将受益于利率下降[10][11]

How investors can prepare their investment portfolios for Fed rate cuts. - Getty Images The countdown is almost over. In a few hours, the Federal Reserve will announce whether it’s finally ready to lower interest rates for the first time in nearly a year, potentially ending a long pause in monetary policy that could steer growth, inflation and financial conditions in the world’s largest economy. But for financial-market investors, the biggest question is how markets will react once the easing cycle resum ...

ToplineThe Federal Reserve on Wednesday will conclude a two-day policymaking meeting and release a decision on whether to lower interest rates—following months of pressure and criticism from President Donald Trump—and potentially signal whether additional cuts are on the way. President Donald Trump has urged the central bank to “CUT INTEREST RATES, NOW, AND BIGGER” than they might plan to.Getty ImagesKey FactsThe central bank is poised to cut interest rates by at least a quarter-point, down from the 4.25% t ...

LIVE Markets Stall Ahead of Fed Rate Decision Last Updated: Updated 19 min ago Stock Futures Stall Ahead of Rate Decision From Fed's Powder-Keg Meeting By Patrick O'Donnell Stocks were wavering in premarket trading Wednesday as markets waited for the Federal Reserve's latest interest-rate decision from what could be one of the central bank's most divisive meetings in recent history. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 6 points, or broadly flat. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 were also stall ...