Wall Street Week A: Spotlight on the seventh interest rate decision of 2025 on Federal Reserve

Wall Street: The spotlight in the coming week will be entirely on Wednesday on the US Federal Reserve’s seventh monetary policy decision of the current year. At the upcoming meeting, the central bank is expected to reduce interest rates as a result of a slowdown in the labor market. The Fed’s two -day meeting is scheduled to start on September 16 and will conclude with a policy decision on September 17. The interest rate decision will be followed by the press conference of Jerome Powell, which addresses the attention amid rising tensions between US President Donald Trump’s administration and Fed policy makers. The economic calendar will start, among other things, retail sales reports, industrial production, housing. On the income front, there are some large companies such as FedEx and General Mills to explain their financial results in the coming week. Economic calendar on September 15 (Monday) will be released a report on Empire State Manufacturing Survey for September. On September 16 (Tuesday), separate reports on US retail sales for August, the import price index for August, industrial production for August and Home Builder Confidence Index for September will be released. On September 17 (Wednesday) housing begins for August and the FOMC interest rate decision will be released. Fed chairman Jerome Powell’s press conference is also scheduled. On September 18 (Thursday), separate reports on the initial unemployed claims for the week ended September 13, the manufacturing survey of Philadelphia for September, and the US leading economic indicators for August. Earnings to businesses will report the results of the second quarter in the coming week – Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Radiant, Ferguson, Evolution Petroleum, Flux Power Holdings, General Mills, Nano Dimension, Fedex, Lennar, FactSet Research and Moneyhero Limited. Markets last week mixed US stock markets before the Federal Reserve policy meeting. The S&P 500 dropped 0.05% to end the session at 6.584.29 points. The Nasdaq rose 0.45% to 22.141.10 points, while the Dow Jones industrial average lost 0.59% to 45,834.22 points. For the week, the S&P 500 rose by 1.6%, the Dow climbed almost 1%and the Nasdaq added 2%. In the bond market, the return on the 10-year treasury increased to 4.06% from 4.01%. Gold prices rose to nearly $ 3,650 per gram on Friday due to the expectation that the Fed is lowering US interest rates. Oil prices rose on Friday after a Ukrainian drone attack suspended the load of the largest port in the west of Russia. Brent Ru Futures ends at $ 66.99 a barrel, 62 cents, or 0.93%. The US Western Texas -Intermediate rough established at $ 62.69, a profit of 32 cents, or 0.51%.