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Follow MarketWatch's live coverage of Wednesday's Federal Reserve decisions, after the central bank cut interest rates by 25 basis points and said it's ending its program of "quantitative tightening" on Dec.
Follow along with live updates from October's Federal Reserve meeting. Get real-time analysis of Jerome Powell’s comments, market reaction, and what the Fed’s move means for inflation, jobs, and your money.
Follow live coverage of the October Federal Reserve meeting that started Tuesday. The Federal Open Market Committee's interest-rate decision is due Wednesday, and will be followed by a press conference from Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
Concerns about a weakening labor market may outweigh worries about rising inflation, tipping the Fed toward another rate cut, economists say.
Stock futures pointed higher Wednesday ahead of the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates and earnings reports from several tech giants, while Nvidia was on the cusp becoming the first company to have a $5 trillion valuation.
Contextualizing speed and distance helps set expectations. Around perihelion, 3I/Atlas is moving at roughly 68 km per second. Its closest approach to Earth is about 1.8 AU, near December 19, which is about 270 million kilometers. Those numbers place it firmly outside any risk envelope for our planet.