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1pm Central time tomorrow Weds FEDS ANNOUNCE RATE
🏦 What time the Fed announces interest rate decisions
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2:00 PM Eastern Time
- That’s 1:00 PM Central Time (your time in Alabama / Louisiana zone)
📅 What happens tomorrow specifically
If tomorrow is an official FOMC decision day (scheduled meeting):
🧾 1:00 PM CT
- Rate decision is released
- You’ll see headlines like: “Fed holds rates steady” “Fed cuts rates by 0.25%” “Fed hikes rates”
🎤 1:30 PM CT (VERY important)
- Fed Chair Jerome Powell press conference begins
- This is where the market REALLY moves
👉 Traders care more about:
- Tone (hawkish vs dovish)
- Future guidance
- Comments on inflation, jobs, recession risk
💡 Pro insight (this is what pros watch)
Even if they don’t cut rates, markets can rip higher if:
- Powell hints cuts are coming soon
- Inflation is “cooling”
- Economy is slowing
And vice versa:
- Markets can DROP even on a cut if tone is cautious
📊 What to expect in real-time (trader behavior)
- 1:00 PM CT → instant algo reaction (spike up/down)
- 1:05–1:25 PM CT → volatility / fake moves
- 1:30 PM CT onward → real trend forms during Powell speech
⚠️ For your SPI portfolio (ORLA, FIGS, WT, FSLY)
This matters a LOT:
- Rate cuts = bullish for growth stocks Especially something like Fastly Inc.
- Higher rates = pressure on equities
- Commodities (like ORLA/gold exposure) react to real yields + dollar
🧠 Bottom line
- Official announcement: 1:00 PM CT
- Real market signal: starts 1:30 PM CT
- Big money moves: during Powell’s tone, not just the rate
Just say the word.
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1pm Central time tomorrow Weds FEDS ANNOUNCE RATE
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