{"id":202451,"date":"2026-01-05T13:02:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=202451"},"modified":"2026-01-05T13:02:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:02:46","slug":"fed-rate-cut-hopes-vs-falling-consumer-confidence-seth-freeman-on-what-it-means-for-markets-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=202451","title":{"rendered":"Fed rate-cut hopes vs. falling consumer confidence: Seth Freeman on what it means for markets in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US Fed is widely expected to deliver a 25 bps rate cut, with analysts assigning an 85% probability. Seth Freeman of GlassRatner warns that signs of consumer strain\u2014including weakening confidence and a major home improvement chain filing for bankruptcy\u2014cou\u2026<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/markets\/expert-view\/fed-rate-cut-hopes-vs-falling-consumer-confidence-seth-freeman-on-what-it-means-for-markets-in-2026\/articleshow\/125826140.cms\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Fed is widely expected to deliver a 25 bps rate cut, with analysts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":202452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lse-mrkt"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/202451-fed-rate-cut-hopes-vs-falling-consumer-confidence-seth-freeman-on-what-it-means-for-market695bb67e7a5eb.jpg",1200,630,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/202451-fed-rate-cut-hopes-vs-falling-consumer-confidence-seth-freeman-on-what-it-means-for-market695bb67e7a5eb-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/202451-fed-rate-cut-hopes-vs-falling-consumer-confidence-seth-freeman-on-what-it-means-for-market695bb67e7a5eb-300x158.jpg",300,158,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/202451-fed-rate-cut-hopes-vs-falling-consumer-confidence-seth-freeman-on-what-it-means-for-market695bb67e7a5eb-768x403.jpg",640,336,true],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/202451-fed-rate-cut-hopes-vs-falling-consumer-confidence-seth-freeman-on-what-it-means-for-market695bb67e7a5eb-1024x538.jpg",640,336,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/202451-fed-rate-cut-hopes-vs-falling-consumer-confidence-seth-freeman-on-what-it-means-for-market695bb67e7a5eb.jpg",1200,630,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/202451-fed-rate-cut-hopes-vs-falling-consumer-confidence-seth-freeman-on-what-it-means-for-market695bb67e7a5eb.jpg",1200,630,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/202451-fed-rate-cut-hopes-vs-falling-consumer-confidence-seth-freeman-on-what-it-means-for-market695bb67e7a5eb-1024x538.jpg",1024,538,true],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/202451-fed-rate-cut-hopes-vs-falling-consumer-confidence-seth-freeman-on-what-it-means-for-market695bb67e7a5eb-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/202451-fed-rate-cut-hopes-vs-falling-consumer-confidence-seth-freeman-on-what-it-means-for-market695bb67e7a5eb-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=26\" rel=\"category\">London Market<\/a>","tag_info":"London Market","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=202451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/202452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=202451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=202451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=202451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}