\ud83d\udcc9 The Fed cut rates by 25 bps yesterday\u200a\u2014\u200ano surprises here. Inflation projections stayed near 3%, while U.S. GDP was revised slightly\u00a0upward.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f Powell admitted the labour market is weakening, but stressed the Fed won\u2019t rush into aggressive easing. Markets are now pricing in another \u221250 bps this year and \u221225 bps next\u00a0year.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udcca U.S. index futures are in the green after the decision, while EUR\/USD slipped from 1.19 to 1.178. Bitcoin, on the other hand, \ud83d\ude80 climbed above $117,000.<\/p>\n
\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 Today\u2019s spotlight: the Bank of England rate decision (11:00 GMT), followed by U.S. jobless claims and the Philly Fed Index (12:30 GMT). After hours, \ud83d\udce6 FedEx reports earnings, with shares under heavy pressure in recent quarters.<\/p>\n
\ud83c\udf3e\ud83d\udee2\ufe0f Commodities remain calm, while precious metals are under pressure\u200a\u2014\u200asilver lost nearly\u00a01%.<\/p>\n
\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa AUD\/USD dropped \u22120.4% after weak jobs data: employment fell by 5.4K in August (vs forecast\u00a0+21K).<\/p>\n
\u2728 Stay sharp\u200a\u2014\u200atoday\u2019s events could set the tone for markets into the\u00a0weekend.<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udc49 Trade smart with\u00a0NordFX<\/strong>!<\/p>\n \ud83c\udf05 Morning Update – 18.09.2025<\/a> was originally published in Coinmonks<\/a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \ud83d\udcc9 The Fed cut rates by 25 bps yesterday\u200a\u2014\u200ano surprises here. Inflation projections stayed near 3%, while U.S. GDP was revised slightly\u00a0upward. \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f Powell admitted the labour market is weakening, but stressed the Fed won\u2019t rush into aggressive easing. Markets are now pricing in another \u221250 bps this year and \u221225 bps next\u00a0year. \ud83d\udcca U.S. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98658"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98658\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}