Last week the Federal Reserve – by a unanimous vote – moved to increase the federal funds rate by another 75 basis points for the third consecutive meeting, which brings the rate to the 3 - 3.25 percent range. That’s the highest since since early 2008 prior to the last recession. More important, however, is the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) outlook for more rate hikes. The September meeting was one of the Committee’s so-called “dot-plot” meetings, which refers to a chart the committee issues with dots, each representing a Fed member’s view on where the federal funds rate should be at the end of the current and following years. Below is the Fed’s plot.
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What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
