European stocks are expected to open higher across the spectrum as expectations rise that the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in December.
The U.K.'s FTSE index is seen opening 0.25% higher, Germany's DAX
up 0.7%, France's CAC 40 up 0.67% and Italy's FTSE MIB
0.64% higher, according to data from IG.
Regional bourses look set to follow their counterparts on Wall Street and in the Asia-Pacific region higher amid expectations that the Fed will cut when it next meets on Dec. 9 and 10.
Markets are pricing in almost an 85% chance of a quarter percentage point cut by the central bank, according to the CME FedWatch tool. New York Fed President John Williams also said on Friday that there was room to lower rates "in the near term."
Global markets also got a boost after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC on Tuesday that there was a "very good chance" that Trump could name a new Fed chair before Christmas.
While he said he was interviewing candidates, expectations are shifting toward White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, after Bloomberg reported he had emerged as a frontrunner for the job. Hassett is viewed as someone more likely to push for lower rates.
In the U.K., all eyes are on the Autumn Budget on Wednesday with Chancellor Rachel Reeves set to unveil her spending and taxation plans for the year ahead. There are widespread expectations that the finance minister will announce a raft of tax hikes as she tries to stick to self-imposed rules on spending and borrowing, and has a fiscal black hole to fill as a result.
Source: CNBC
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