"Low Credibility" Federal Reserve gets ready to talk policy

Indeed, just seven months ago, the Fed was prepping investors for four rate hikes this year. Now the market is pricing in only a 2.4 percent chance of a move this week and a fairly low likelihood farther down the road.

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Multiple Wall Street pros have been talking up September in recent days, but the market gives just a 19.9 percent probability of a hike then. December is about a coin flip, with traders anticipating a funds rate of 0.47 percent from the current 0.4 percent. The CME says that equates to a 47.8 percent chance.

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Fed officials, however, continue to insist that rate hikes will be appropriate sometime soon.