Traders boost bets on Fed rate-cut pause after jobs data
BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 01/09/26 08:37 AM ESTJan 9 (Reuters) - Short-term ?interest rate futures dropped ?Friday ?after the U.S. Labor ?Department reported ?the December unemployment rate fell to ?4.4%, ?prompting ?traders to boost bets that the Federal Reserve ?will leave short-term borrowing costs on hold for longer. After the report, rate ?futures ?reflected a 97% chance the ?Fed will not deliver a rate cut this month, compared with about an 88% chance ?seen before the report. (Reporting by Ann Saphir; ?editing by Philippa Fletcher)
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