{"id":873965,"date":"2025-09-18T21:12:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T02:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/18\/mortgage-rates-to-hold-steady-after-fed-cuts-for-first-time-in-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T21:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T02:12:11","slug":"mortgage-rates-to-hold-steady-after-fed-cuts-for-first-time-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/18\/mortgage-rates-to-hold-steady-after-fed-cuts-for-first-time-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Mortgage Rates to Hold Steady After Fed Cuts for First Time in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<main id=\"main\"><\/p>\n<div data-id=\"3ab3b563\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-elementor-type=\"single-post\" data-elementor-id=\"78599\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n<div data-id=\"24150e24\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div data-id=\"6a8ddc50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<p><i><span>Takeaway: Rates will remain mostly steady after the Fed executed the already priced-in 25 bps cut and painted a muddy picture in their projection for future rate cuts.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Rates fell initially when the Fed\u2019s statement was released, as the <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalreserve.gov\/monetarypolicy\/files\/fomcprojtabl20250917.pdf\"><b>projection<\/b><\/a><b> showed two more 25 bps rate cuts for the two remaining meetings in 2025\u2014one more than most analysts expected. But rates rebounded as a closer look at the individual projections showed a strong possibility of no more rate cuts.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Bond markets had priced in two more cuts this year, but expected the Fed to only project one to play it safe. If the labor market data turned positive in the coming months, they would not want to take back a rate cut, so it\u2019s better for them to project fewer and then execute more. So when the median projection showed two more cuts, rates fell on the news.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>However, looking at the 19 individual projections:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span>Seven participants projected no more cuts<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span>Two participants projected one more cut\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span>Nine participants projected two more cuts<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><span>One participant\u2014likely Governor Miran\u2014projected five more cuts.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>That means that Governor Miran\u2019s projection was the \u201cvote\u201d that tipped the median from one to two more cuts. And of the nine projecting zero cuts, or one more cut, seven were in the zero camp.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>In fact, one of the seven projecting no more cuts actually projected no cut for today\u2019s meeting. This can be interpreted as a \u201csoft dissent\u201d to today\u2019s decision, even though there was formally only one dissent, which was Governor Miran\u2019s in favor of a 50 bps cut.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>The dispersion in the outlook and the distribution of the dots should be interpreted as uncertainty over future cuts rather than optimism that the Fed is a pre-set course to cut twice more this year.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Chair Powell\u2019s press conference emphasized the uncertainty in the rate cut projections and pushed back on the optimism for a string of cuts that had built before today\u2019s meeting.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>The post-meeting <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalreserve.gov\/newsevents\/pressreleases\/monetary20250917a.htm\"><span>statement<\/span><\/a><span> was edited to remove a reference to \u201cthe extent and timing\u201d of additional cuts, suggesting they may not lower rates at all at the next couple of meetings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>When asked about the dispersion in the projections described above, Chair Powell endorsed the view that they reflected uncertainty about the Fed\u2019s path.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>He also clearly stated that there was no widespread support for a larger-than-usual 50 bps cut today, even though some investors and analysts had been betting on one.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>He characterized today\u2019s cut as a \u201crisk management\u201d cut in response to growing risks to the labor market, but also said, \u201clet\u2019s remember that the unemployment rate is at 4.3% and the economy is growing.\u201d He followed that up with a remark that \u201cwe have to keep our eye on inflation.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Mortgage rates will remain steady as bond market participants await further economic data, particularly the next jobs report on October 3.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-id=\"2295690a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Chen_Zhao-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Chen Zhao\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/author\/chen-zhao\/\">Chen Zhao<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Chen Zhao is the head of economics research, where she produces research on the housing market for public and internal audiences. <\/p>\n<p>Previously, she was an executive director leading housing finance and financial markets research at the JPMorgan Chase Institute. Prior to joining JPMCI, Chen was an economics consultant at Analysis Group, Inc., where she worked on financial litigation cases and led teams conducting health economics and outcomes research on behalf of pharmaceutical companies. <\/p>\n<p>While in graduate school, Chen was with the Center for Economic Studies and the Social Economic and Housing Statistics Division at the US Census Bureau, where she conducted applied microeconomics research using large scale restricted-access linked survey-administrative data. She started her career at the White House Council of Economic Advisers, where she focused on labor and health economics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redfin.com\/mailto:ch*******@****in.com\" data-original-string=\"oAz+YMnX488WAZMUoHJSEw==7f4t3AKn6HHg8jVtFgLr1Qi4y6fWwm52zLdXuzfoBppnKw=\" title=\"This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Click to decode. To finish the decoding make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser.\"><i><\/i> Email Chen<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div data-id=\"2c02dc86\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div data-id=\"1b0b8b03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"template.default\" data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"80961\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n<h3>\n    Get a home loan <br \/> that helps you win<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div data-id=\"2e189dc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"template.default\" data-settings=\"{\"background_background\":\"classic\"}\" data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"69331\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n<p><span>Join us on X for more<br \/>#housingmarket updates<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-id=\"1df54dff\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\" data-settings=\"{\"background_background\":\"classic\"}\">\n<p><h3>You Might Also Like<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/main><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/fed-meeting-september-2025\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Chen Zhao<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Takeaway: Rates will remain mostly steady after the Fed executed the already priced-in 25 bps cut and painted a muddy picture in their projection for future rate cuts. Rates fell initially when the Fed\u2019s statement was released, as the projection showed two more 25 bps rate cuts for the two remaining meetings in 2025\u2014one more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":873966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22149,22767],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-873965","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mortgage","8":"category-rates"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=873965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/873966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}