After a bruising 2025, the Fed faces another slew of challenges in the year ahead

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The Federal Reserve heads into 2026 facing a slew of political and policy challenges. Crucial issues include a new chair and an economy fed by both tailwinds and headwinds.
The previous year saw the Fed come under the spotlight in ways that it never had before.
Still, when it comes to policy, most on Wall Street expect the Fed to put the noise in the background and continue down the road of lowering its benchmark interest rate a bit more.

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