🇺🇸 SUMMARY OF FED DECISION (9/18/24):
1. Fed cuts interest rates by 50 bps for first time since 2020
2. Fed sees 2 more 25 basis point rate cuts in 2024
3. One Fed governor dissented for the first time since 2005 in favor of a 25 bps rate cut
4. Fed gained "greater confidence" that inflation is moving to 2%
5. Fed will "carefully asses incoming data" and evolve outlook
6. Fed sees 100 bps of rate cuts in 2025 and 50 bps of cuts in 2026