{"id":2180,"date":"2024-03-25T14:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T18:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellspringwealth.com\/?p=2180"},"modified":"2024-03-25T14:51:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T18:51:02","slug":"weekly-market-commentary-the-central-banks-have-spoken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellspringwealth.com\/2024\/03\/25\/weekly-market-commentary-the-central-banks-have-spoken\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Market Commentary \u2013 The central banks have spoken."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Markets<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The central banks have spoken.<\/p>\n

No one expected the United States Federal Reserve to announce a rate change last week \u2013 and it didn\u2019t. But Fed Chair Jerome Powell\u2019s comments and the actions of other central banks led to new records being set in stock markets around the world, reported Randall Forsyth of Barron\u2019s<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026the world\u2019s central banks, led by the U.S. Federal Reserve\u2026have all but green-lighted lower policy interest rates in coming months in the expectation that inflation will continue to make downward progress without triggering recessions. The Fed\u2019s counterparts at the European Central Bank and the Bank of England similarly signaled lower rates ahead, while the Swiss National Bank made a surprise cut this past week\u2026Meanwhile, major Latin American central banks, led by Brazil and Mexico, are well along in their rate cuts, having been much prompter in raising their rates to fight inflation starting in 2021, a year or more ahead of the Group of 10.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the United States, a lower federal funds rate could be good news for consumers and businesses. So, how low could rates go?<\/p>\n

The Fed\u2019s updated Summary of Economic Projections (SEP) shows that Fed officials expect the federal funds rate to move lower over the next three years, and beyond, based on what they know today. Here\u2019s the SEP year-by-year forecast:<\/p>\n