Fed Kicks Off Most Important Meeting of the Year

美联储开启年度最重要的会议

WSJ What’s News

2025-09-16

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A.M. Edition for Sept. 16. The Federal Reserve is meeting amid unprecedented pressure from President Trump to cut interest rates more than expected. The WSJ’s Matt Grossman explains how the Fed is facing an almost impossible balancing act, amid a weakening jobs market and rising inflation. Plus, the U.S. strikes another boat in its push against drug trafficking, killing 3 people. And, Israel launches a long-anticipated ground offensive into Gaza City. Caitlin McCabe hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • The year's most pivotal Federal Reserve meeting kicks off.

  • Plus, the U.S. strikes another boat in its push against drug trafficking, killing three people.

  • We're telling the cartels right now we're going to be stopping them too.

  • When they come by land, we're going to be stopping them the same way we stopped the boats.

  • and Israel launches a long anticipated ground offensive into Gaza City.

  • It's Tuesday, September 16th.

  • I'm Caitlin McCabe for The Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News,

  • the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

  • The Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting kicks off today, and investors are on pins and needles.

  • Overnight,

  • an appeals court rejected President Trump's request to immediately remove Governor Lisa Cook from the board.

  • while the Senate confirmed Trump's appointee, Stephen Myron.

  • At the same time, it's been roughly nine months since the Fed last cut interest rates.

  • That's before President Trump took office,

  • and traders are widely expecting that the central bank will lower rates by a quarter point.