All eyes in financial markets on the Fed on Thursday

All eyes in financial markets on the Fed on Thursday
Jenny Ruth
By Jenny Ruth Sept. 16 (BusinessDesk) - Financial markets this week will be dominated by expectations about, not so much what the Federal Reserve will do, but what it will say. “I would quite confidently say we will get a 25 basis point cut from the Fed,” says Mark Lister, head of wealth research at Craigs Investment Partners. “It's not going to be about what they do on the day. It's going to be all about what they say, the forecasts and how much more cautious have they got from three months ago,” Lister says. The market is voting w...

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