Futures dither after Wall St rout; Fed rate verdict in focus

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A slump in chipmakers on concerns of weak demand and bruised mega-cap growth stocks due to rising Treasury yields pushed the S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow tumbling between 0.8% and 1.5% on Friday, their worst single-day fall since Aug. 24. Traders almost unanimously expect the Fed to keep rates unchanged at 5.25% to 5.5% at its meeting on Wednesday, while the odds for another pause in November is at 69%, according to the CME FedWatch Tool. 'Further rate hikes would risk sending the economy into a hard landing scenario,' said Thomas Simons, U.S. economist at Jefferies.

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Traders almost unanimously expect the Fed to keep rates unchanged at 5.25% to 5.5% at its meeting on Wednesday, while the odds for another pause in November is at 69%, according to the CME FedWatch Tool. "Instead, the Fed can look to a strategy of maintaining current policy rates for a long time as the best way to administer restrictive monetary policy to the economy."

 

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