Economists at Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank accelerated their calls for Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts in the months ahead as slowing inflation and a weakening labor market enable the central bank to quicken the pace of easing. The Fed is widely expected to announce the first in a series of 25 basis-point cuts at its meeting next week. Traders are betting that it will follow that up with additional reductions at meetings in October and December. Most Read from Bloomberg Deutsche Bank on Friday ad ...

U.S. stocks roared to fresh record highs on Thursday, fueled by optimism around Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts that could arrive just in time to keep the party going on Wall Street. ...

Shoppers in Palm Beach, Florida. Bond traders are girding for a high-stakes US inflation report that has the potential to dent their wagers on a deep series of Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts starting this month and extending into 2026. Most Read from Bloomberg Soft jobs data and tame producer-price figures have led traders to view a quarter-point reduction at the Fed’s Sept. 16-17 meeting as a lock, with perhaps two more such steps to follow by year-end. But beyond that, the market has shifted how it ...