
SHAREALAM
June 19, 2025 at 03:25 AM
US Markets come off days high after Fed signals it’s in no hurry to cut rates! @here
🇺🇸 Markets on Wednesday
DowJones -0.1%
Nasdaq +0.13%
S&P500 -0.03%
Federal Reserve’s latest policy update
-Kept its key rate unchanged in a range of 4.25% to 4.5%
-Chair Powell signaled it would wait to see the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on inflation before proceeding on rates
Turned out to be a mixed bag of news for investors
👉 Central bank signaled two rate cuts this year while simultaneously hinting at a stagflationary threat
👉 Policymakers lowered the 2025 forecast for economic growth to just 1.4% & raised the core inflation outlook to 3.1%.
🇮🇷 🇮🇱 Iranisraelwar
Iran Israel Conflict marks its 6th day of conflict, no signs of descalation!
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Iran won’t surrender & warned that the U.S. will “undoubtedly be met with irreparable damage” if it enters the conflict
Other Asset Classes
🇺🇸 10-year Treasury yield at 4.40%
💲Dollar Index at 98.5
⛽️ Brent Crude steadies to around 75$/barrel, Trump says Iran wants to negotiate
💸 Bitcoin at 105040$
🪙 Gold at 3392$/ounce
🔥 Platinum +5.1% to $1,327, highest since February 2021!