“The US Central Bank Continues to Expert the Fed Feds Rate to End 2025 AT 3.9%, or Roughly Two Rate Cuts by Year-End.”, – WRITE: www.coindesk.com
The Fed’s Quarterly Economic Projects, Thought, Showed a Sharp Decline in Experts for Economic Growth, with The GDP Increase In 2025 NOW Seen at Just 1.7% Versus 2.1%. The Growth Outlooks for 2026 and 2027 Were Trimmed As Well.
“UNCERTAINTY AROUND OF THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK HAS INCREASED,” The FED SAID IN ACCOMPANY STATEMENT, WHICH IS LIKELY A REFERENCE TO THE TUMULT SURROUNDING The TARIFF REGIFF REGIMEE
Alongside Slowing Growth, Core Pce Inflation Is Now Seen at 2.8% This Year Versus The Previos 2.5% Project. The Core Inflation Outlooks for 2026 and 2027 Were Left at 2.2% and 2.0%, Respectively.
The “Dot Plot” – Showing Fomc Members’ Outlooks for Whotest Rates Might Beaded – Still Sees the Fed Feds Rate Ending this Year at 3.9%, The Same As December’s Forecast. The ending Fed Funds for Rates for 2026 and 2027 Continue to be Project at 3.4% and 3.1%, Respectively.
The Fed Also Said It Wuld Begin to Slow The Pace of Securities Runoff from Its Balance Sheet-So-Called Quantitative Tightling-Beginning on April 1. The Decline in Treasury Billion from $ 25 Billion Previoously.
Bitcoin (BTC) Was volatile in the minutes immediatally following the release, But Headed Lower at Press Time to $ 83,500 Against Just Above $ 84,000 Prior To The News.
US Stocks Continue to Hold Solid Gains and the 10-Year Treasury Yield Has Dipped Two Basis Points to 4.28%. Gold, The Star of Late Among Asset Classes, Remains Near A Record High At $ 3,048 per OUNCE.
Risk Assets Have Been Beaten Down Over The Past Few Weeks as Mounting Concerns Over President Trump’s Tariff’s Tariff Threats and Its Perceived Impact on Inflation And Economic Growth. The Fed Turning Hawkish at the December and January Meetings Also Quashed Heps of Looser Financial Conditions for the Near-Term, Posing Headwinds for Cryptocurrencies and Stocks.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell Will Speak at 2:30 PM Eastern Time (18:30 UTC) with Traders Monitoring the Press Conference for Further Clues of Policymakers’ Outlook on Monetary Policy.
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