6 Cuts By 2026? Market Frenzy Erupts After Fed’s Expected 25bps Rate Cut Today
Fed drops hammer with first cut—traders brace for five more by 2026.
THE DOMINO EFFECT BEGINS
Markets immediately priced in the dovish pivot, sending risk assets soaring while Treasury yields tanked. Crypto markets ripped higher within minutes—Bitcoin surged 8% as liquidity expectations shifted dramatically.
WHY SIX CUTS MATTER
Six cuts would reverse nearly all pandemic-era tightening, flooding markets with cheap money again. Traders now bet the Fed's cutting cycle accelerates through 2026 despite Powell's cautious rhetoric about data dependency.
THE CYNICAL TAKE
Wall Street gets its punchbowl refilled—just in time for another speculative bubble that'll inevitably pop when the Fed suddenly remembers inflation exists again. Because what's finance without cyclical amnesia?
