Asia open: Wall Street slumps as Kevin Warsh delivers hawkish hold, GBP/USD’s plunge hits support ahead of BoE

Key takeaways The Federal Reserve delivered a hawkish hold and signalled a major policy regime shift. While rates remained unchanged at 3.50%-3.75%, Chair Kevin Warsh abolished traditional forward guidance, reinforcing a data-dependent approach and increasing the likelihood of higher market volatility. Higher-for-longer interest rate expectations pressured risk assets. The S&P 500 fell 1.2%, the Nasdaq […]

Asia open: Wall Street slumps as Kevin Warsh delivers hawkish hold, GBP/USD’s plunge hits support ahead of BoE

Key takeaways The Federal Reserve delivered a hawkish hold and signalled a major policy regime shift. While rates remained unchanged at 3.50%-3.75%, Chair Kevin Warsh abolished traditional forward guidance, reinforcing a data-dependent approach and increasing the likelihood of higher market volatility. Higher-for-longer interest rate expectations pressured risk assets. The S&P 500 fell 1.2%, the Nasdaq […]

Asia open: Wall Street slumps as Kevin Warsh delivers hawkish hold, GBP/USD’s plunge hits support ahead of BoE

Key takeaways The Federal Reserve delivered a hawkish hold and signalled a major policy regime shift. While rates remained unchanged at 3.50%-3.75%, Chair Kevin Warsh abolished traditional forward guidance, reinforcing a data-dependent approach and increasing the likelihood of higher market volatility. Higher-for-longer interest rate expectations pressured risk assets. The S&P 500 fell 1.2%, the Nasdaq […]

Asia open: Wall Street slumps as Kevin Warsh delivers hawkish hold, GBP/USD’s plunge hits support ahead of BoE

Key takeaways The Federal Reserve delivered a hawkish hold and signalled a major policy regime shift. While rates remained unchanged at 3.50%-3.75%, Chair Kevin Warsh abolished traditional forward guidance, reinforcing a data-dependent approach and increasing the likelihood of higher market volatility. Higher-for-longer interest rate expectations pressured risk assets. The S&P 500 fell 1.2%, the Nasdaq […]

FOMC trading playbook: How a hawkish Fed could impact Nasdaq 100, Gold, EUR/USD and AUD/USD

Key takeaways The June FOMC meeting is a communication event rather than a rate decision event. Markets fully expect rates to remain unchanged at 3.50%-3.75%, with the real focus on the dot plot, inflation forecasts, policy language, and Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s first press conference. Markets have rapidly repriced toward a higher-for-longer Fed. Fed funds […]

FOMC trading playbook: How a hawkish Fed could impact Nasdaq 100, Gold, EUR/USD and AUD/USD

Key takeaways The June FOMC meeting is a communication event rather than a rate decision event. Markets fully expect rates to remain unchanged at 3.50%-3.75%, with the real focus on the dot plot, inflation forecasts, policy language, and Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s first press conference. Markets have rapidly repriced toward a higher-for-longer Fed. Fed funds […]

FOMC trading playbook: How a hawkish Fed could impact Nasdaq 100, Gold, EUR/USD and AUD/USD

Key takeaways The June FOMC meeting is a communication event rather than a rate decision event. Markets fully expect rates to remain unchanged at 3.50%-3.75%, with the real focus on the dot plot, inflation forecasts, policy language, and Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s first press conference. Markets have rapidly repriced toward a higher-for-longer Fed. Fed funds […]

Asia open: Wall Street slumps as Kevin Warsh delivers hawkish hold, GBP/USD’s plunge hits support ahead of BoE

Key takeaways The Federal Reserve delivered a hawkish hold and signalled a major policy regime shift. While rates remained unchanged at 3.50%-3.75%, Chair Kevin Warsh abolished traditional forward guidance, reinforcing a data-dependent approach and increasing the likelihood of higher market volatility. Higher-for-longer interest rate expectations pressured risk assets. The S&P 500 fell 1.2%, the Nasdaq […]