Morning Bid: Will the Fed come to the rescue?

By Yoruk Bahceli

Mon, November 24, 2025 astatine 5:36 AM CST 5 min read

By Yoruk Bahceli

LONDON (Reuters) -What matters successful U.S. and planetary markets today

U.S. stocks look acceptable to physique connected Friday's leap with capitalist hopes resting connected a Fed complaint chopped materialising successful December, but the question is however overmuch further prices tin bounce?

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Today's Market Minute

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Will the Fed travel to banal markets' rescue?

U.S. stocks look acceptable to physique connected Friday's leap with each capitalist hopes resting connected a Fed complaint chopped materialising successful December, but the question is however overmuch further they tin bounce?

Futures tied to the S&P 500 were up 0.3% successful London commercialized and those connected the tech-heavy Nasdaq scale were up 0.5%, acceptable to adhd to astir 1% jumps connected Friday, erstwhile investors cheered comments by influential Fed policymaker John Williams that the slope tin ⁠cut involvement rates "in the adjacent term".

Traders present spot ‌a astir 60% accidental that the Fed volition chopped rates successful December, up from astir 40% connected Thursday.