Fed Rates 2024 Predictions. Market participants widely expect the fed will start cutting the fed funds rate in september, and they'll be looking for the central bank to provide signals this week about the. Will the fed finally cut interest rates before the year is over?

The federal reserve left its key interest rate unchanged at between 5.25% and 5.5% — the highest level in more than a decade — as annual inflation rates continued to stall. A top question on the minds of investors and consumers alike is when might the federal reserve make its first interest rate cut after two.