Wall Street awaits the Federal Reserve's 'hawkish rate cut': a pause in easing in January and possibly three cuts next year?

① The industry generally expects the Federal Reserve to stage a "hawkish rate cut" this week; ② While cutting rates by 25 basis points in December, Fed policymakers may be preparing to taper the easing trend in 2025 in response to the anticipated inflation rebound following the Trump administration's assumption of office.

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Futu Morning Report | Goldman Sachs expects the Fed to "skip" interest rate cuts in January! Powell's speech may impact the market; Tesla surged over 6%, boosting the Nasdaq, and Quantum Concept stocks collectively exploded.

China's central bank has recently announced to appropriately reduce the reserve requirement ratio and interest rates. The State Council Meeting proposed to develop and strengthen long-term capital and patient capital; Bitcoin has surpassed 107,700 dollars, setting a new historical high, Ethereum has returned to 4,000 dollars, and most cryptocurrency concept stocks have risen.

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IShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Options Spot-On: On December 16th, 326.27K Contracts Were Traded, With 6.62 Million Open Interest

On December 16th ET, $iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF(TLT.US)$ had active options trading, with a total trading volume of 326.27K options for the day, of which put options accounted for 33.17% of

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SA Asks: Is the Fed More Focused on Inflation or Jobs?

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U.S. stock market morning | The three major Indexes are collectively rising, Broadcom surged nearly 9%, Tesla and Google both hit historical highs; Cryptos Concept stocks are strongly rising, MARA climbed nearly 7%, Coinbase rose nearly 4%.

On the evening of the 16th in Beijing time, several central banks will hold meetings this week and a large amount of important economic data will be released. Investors will focus on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting in December.

Sina FinanceDec 16 23:26

Trump's new policy pressures Wall Street, leading to a pessimistic outlook—A major prediction for the dollar's trend in 2025.

Wall Street is starting to Put on the US dollar as the policies of President-elect Donald Trump and the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts may put pressure on the dollar in the second half of 2025.

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