to ease rising prices. data you may recall this week showed a drop from its peak of 1.9% in mid 2022 tojust 3.1% in november. that is above the beds target of 2% and jerome powell cautioned the committee had not ruled out raising rates again in the future. still, wall street, all three major markets finished higher and the dow jones industrial average jumped more than 500 points to a record close. this is the third time in a row after all that central bank decided against another rate hike. for investors satisfied that the fed is done, the only question on their minds is when will the fed start cutting them? investment firm t row what happened in the us overnight? i talked to someone from t rowe price earlier and asked her what the fed s decision means the rest of the world. i think this is a very good question on what we have seen during this business cycle is that the fed and the us rates tend to lead other markets so that is one way we can take signal from what s happeni