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Divisive vote to lower rates highlights uncertainty within the Fed as economy absorbs major shakeups, including tariffs

Jerome Powell’s Federal Reserve will likely deliver its final cut of the year on Wednesday. But Claudia Sahm is already looking ahead.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up by +0.01%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up by +0.03%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down by -0.26%. December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ25 ) are up +0.01%, and December...

March silver prices just hit a record high. Are they about to sell off?

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

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

Silver prices have roughly doubled this year, climbing over $60 an ounce, pushed up by a supply deficit, tariff uncertainty, and expectations of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts.

December S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESZ25) are down -0.01%, and December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ25) are down -0.05% this morning as investors refrain from making big bets ahead of the Federal Reserve’s final interest rate decision of the year, with all eyes on the central bank’s outlook for interest…

The Federal Reserve will almost certainly reduce its key interest rate Wednesday, but the bigger question for financial markets and the economy is what signals Chair Jerome Powell may send regarding the central bank’s next steps