The Fed is poised to cut rates despite divisions on the economic outlook and could signal a slower path for easing in 2026.

Soft Bitcoin ETF demand and an uncertain Fed decision have traders bracing.

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to trim interest rates on Wednesday, but if Chair Jerome Powell wants to give markets an added holiday surprise, here's one option: about $45 billion of monthly short-term bill purchases.

The Fed's final meeting of 2025 is expected to see a third interest rate cut from the central bank, with investors focusing on the outlook for 2026.

Wall Street banks are bracing for money market pressures to rise as the year end is approaching, which analysts say may prompt the Federal Reserve to weigh steps to rebuild liquidity buffers in the $12.

What is expected to be one of the most ructious Federal Reserve policy meetings in years this week could well prove to be the road test for financial markets on how U.S. monetary policy debates will shape up in 2026.

Wall Street is looking to the Fed policy meeting starting today for clues to the odds of more rate cuts in 2026.

The stock market has largely taken its cues from monetary policy since the Fed meeting in late October.

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - The final U.S. Federal Reserve meeting of the year this week precedes a turbulent 2026 that will see key policymaker changes, including the arrival of a new leader to be named by President Donald Trump,