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Futures Traders Are Raising the Odds of a Fed Hike This Year. What Does That Mean for the Market?
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- Matthew Benjamin, The Motley Fool Sat, May 9, 2026 at 12:18 AM GMT+7 3 min read NVDA INTC The futures market has been radically changing its forecast of where interest rates will go this year.
- As recently as late February, futures traders were pricing in two quarter-point rate cuts by the Federal Reserve by the end of 2026.
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Matthew Benjamin, The Motley Fool Sat, May 9, 2026 at 12:18 AM GMT+7 3 min read NVDA INTC The futures market has been radically changing its forecast of where interest rates will go this year. And that has major implications for the entire stock market.
As recently as late February, futures traders were pricing in two quarter-point rate cuts by the Federal Reserve by the end of 2026. There was even a growing possibility, according to futures prices, that the Fed might cut rates three times by December.
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