Huatai Securities: The Federal Reserve is highly likely to cut interest rates by 25 basis points in October and may announce the cessation of balance sheet reduction

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, Huatai Securities research report states that at 2 AM Beijing time on October 30 (Thursday), the Federal Reserve will announce the decision from the October monetary policy meeting. Due to the recent slowdown in the U.S. job market and the moderate impact of tariffs on inflation, it is expected that the Federal Reserve will likely cut interest rates by 25 basis points. In addition, considering that recent volume and price indicators suggest that the Fed has reached the threshold for stopping balance sheet reduction, and that the Fed has previously communicated sufficiently with the market, it is not ruled out that Powell may announce the cessation of balance sheet reduction at the October FOMC.