Fed funds rate – Charm

US housing shares shine as Fed restarts rate cuts

By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – As the U.S. Federal Reserve restarts interest rate cuts, housing shares are one of the areas of the stock market that may benefit, and they have perked up in recent weeks as markets priced in more monetary easing. On Wednesday, the U.S. central bank lowered its benchmark rate…

Wall Street hopes rate cuts will force clients out of cash in 2025

Cs news10 months ago06 mins

(Reuters) – Wall Street executives at the Reuters Next conference in New York expect a $7-trillion cash pile that proved invulnerable to falling interest rates in 2024 to start melting next year as easier monetary policy tempts clients out of the ultra-conservative asset class. So far, such hopes have been in vain. Cash in money…