The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will meet on Wednesday to decide what to do about short-term interest rates. The Federal Funds Futures market puts the chance of a rate cut at about 90 percent following cuts in September and October. That meeting will also be when the Fed publishes a new set of economic projections for the next couple of years, and it will end with the traditional press conference where Chairman Jerome Powell will provide hints about additional Fed moves, if any, in the early part of 2026. The expectation is that Powell will signal that investors should assume rate cuts will come more staggered; like every other meeting, rather than at every meeting in early 2026. However, turning to more political news, there will...
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From WPI Consulting
Like all marmots
An adult Vancouver Island marmot typically measures 65 to 70 centimetres (26 to 28 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail.