Bond yields are slipping as investors wait for Wednesday's Fed decision and comments from Chairman Jerome Powell, along with more data.
Treasury yields were slightly lower on Wednesday as investors got ready for the Federal Open Market Committee to announce a decision on interest rates, along with guidance coming on future policy moves. A fresh batch of U.S. economic data is also ahead.
What are yields doing? Market drivers Investors expect the Federal Reserve, in a decision due at 2 p.m. Eastern, will hike its policy rate by 25 basis points, and will keenly focus on the central bank’s future plans and comments from Chairman Jerome Powell at the 2:30 p.m. news conference. Some see him pushing back against expectations that the Fed is reaching peak rates and will be ready to start cutting by the end of the year.
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