Welcome to our Market Update, written by our very own Capital Market experts. This blog is designed to give you a glance into the most important market events happening this week.
Market Commentary:
Interest rates remained flat this week. If any doubts remain about whether the Federal Reserve will be lowering its key interest rate later this month, the budget loggerheads a few blocks away in the nation’s capital may have cemented the move.
Particularly if the impasse stretches out past few days, Chair Jerome Powell and his fellow central bankers will likely err on the side of caution, which in this case would be a bias towards easing, Wall Street experts say.
The next Federal Reserve policy committee meeting is scheduled for Oct. 28 and 29. The Fed is widely expected to cut the fed funds rate by a quarter of a percentage point to a range of3.75% to 4%. Fed officials are cutting rates because they're concerned about signs of weakness in the labor market and want to lower borrowing costs to encourage hiring.
Fed Watch: Target rate (in bps) possibilities, according to the CME Group (as of 10/02/2025 – 12:00 PM EST):
Case-Shiller: Growth Slows to +1.7% Annual Gain:
Housing Inventory:
It looks like the federal government will likely shut down on 10/1/25, so get ready for some scary-sounding GDP loss numbers. Don’t believe them. Once the government reopens, all the missed pay and bills get covered. While the initial hit sounds bad, most of it gets recouped. At worst, shutdowns cost $1 billion/day. Even a 35-day one, the longest ever, will dent GDP by just 0.12%. Quite manageable. - Elliot F. Eisenberg the Bowtie Economist
News You Can Use:
· Consumer confidence is lower than expected as Wall Street braces for shutdown data blackout
· Boston Fed President Collins sees caution on future interest rate cuts
· How a Government Shutdown Could Impact the Housing Market - Newsweek
· ATTOM LAUNCHES TRANSPARENT OWNER TO REVEAL TRUE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP
· Starter-Home Sales Up 4% as Demand for Higher-Priced Options Stumbles
· Share of Mortgages with Rates Above 6% Climbs to 10-Year High
· FTC claims Zillow paid Redfin $100 million to dominate online rental listings | CNN Business
· FICO launches direct mortgage score licensing, cuts costs for lenders By Investing.com
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