23% of Investors Forecast Rate Cut at March FOMC Meeting

Rate-cut bets rise to 23% as Trump’s Fed chair pick stirs market speculation

President Donald Trump’s decision to nominate Kevin Warsh for the Fed chair position has pushed expectations for a March rate cut up to 23%. The American selected Warsh in January to succeed Jerome Powell, whose tenure concludes in May. However, investors still have concerns over his hawkish reputation. According to data from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group, the probability that markets place on a rate cut at the March Federal Open M…

Over 23% of traders now expect interest rate cut at next FOMC meeting

The number of traders expecting a rate cut at the March Federal Open Market Committee meeting rose following fears of a hawkish Fed nominee.

23% of Investors Forecast a Fed Rate Cut at the March FOMC

The shift in expectations for U.S. monetary policy is spreading through markets as traders digest the potential implications of a hawkish Fed chair nominee. With Fed watchers weighing the odds of a March rate cut, data from CME Group’s FedWatch tool shows the probability cresting at about 23%—up from roughly 18.4% late last week. The move signals a re-pricing of near-term easing, even as the broader consensus remains modest about the size of any…

23% of Investors Forecast Rate Cut at March FOMC Meeting

The number of investors forecasting an interest rate cut at the Federal Open Market Committee meeting in March has surged to over 23%, up by about 5% in a day.