Fed Likely to Make 2 Interest Rate Cuts Before End of Year, Investment Expert Says

The central bank has three scheduled policy meetings before the end of the year to decide on rate cuts.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Banking Committee in Washington, on June 25, 2025. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images

The Federal Reserve will likely make two interest rate cuts before the end of 2025, Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at financial services company CFRA Research, said in an Aug. 18 interview with CNBC.

Stovall said that investors will be watching for the Fed’s statements at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium on Aug. 21–23. If Fed Chair Jerome Powell says that decisions regarding policy rates will be based on economic data, “we’re looking at the possibility of a slowing employment picture while at the same time maintaining a fairly sticky inflation environment,” he said.