The Latest Breaking News from Interest Rates

In 2023, the long bond futures fell to their lowest level since 2007 as the Fed fought inflation with a hawkish monetary policy path. The long bond futures recovered after reaching a low in October but have not broken out of the bearish trend intact since the 2020 high.

June S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM24) are down -0.07%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM24) are up +0.03% this morning as market participants refrained from making big bets ahead of the eagerly awaited Federal Reserve decision that will help shape the outlook for interest rates this year.

Fed decision-makers are widely expected to hold interest rates at a two-decade high, but traders will also be watching the "dot plot" of projections for how many cuts they see this year.

Inflation’s retreat to its lowest level in two years today fuelled hopes of a first cut in interest rates by the summer.

The ASX200 closed down 0.1 per cent ahead of a closely watched Federal Reserve decision on interest rates.

The US Federal Reserve could provide additional clues on Wednesday about how much it will cut interest rates this year, but it is almost certain to leave its key lending rate unchanged for the time being.

The recent gold rally stalled on March 08, at $2,203, and has since ground lower as the market awaits this week's global Central Banks decisions on interest rates and economic conditions. Gold's recent rally has good support from the managed money community. Have the funds become too optimistic too quickly?…

The BOJ today ended eight years of negative interest rates that began in 2016. It’s a symbolically important policy change, but the benefits to Japanese banks should be very real. Here's how investors should approach this historic policy shift.

Big four banks are being undercut by their subsidiaries.