📊 Will the Fed surprise the markets this week?

🔹 Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2025

🔹 Event: Federal Reserve interest rate decision

🔹 Time: 18:00 UTC (Interest Rate Statement) – 18:30 UTC (Jerome Powell Conference)

🔸 Expectations: Interest rates to be held steady

🔸 Potential Surprise: Powell's statements regarding a later rate cut this year

🔸 Influencing Factors: Inflation – Oil Prices – Global Tensions

📉 An emergency cut is unlikely… but all eyes are on Powell