Welcome to Seeking Alpha's Wall Street brunch, our Sunday look ahead to this week's

market-moving events, along with the weekend's top news and analysis.

Hello, today is Sunday, September 14th, and I'm your host, Kim Khan.

It's Fed Week, and while Wall Street is as sure as it can get about the outcome, this will

likely be one of the most contentious meetings in recent memory. Following week labor market data,

a quarter point rate cut is priced in, with a 7% chance of a bigger 50 basis point cut.

But with Fed Chairman J. Powell still looking at a more moderate path to easing, given sticky

retail inflation, there are likely to be dissents.

Governor Christopher Waller is likely to push for 50 basis points, which will please President

Trump, as he angles to be the next Fed chair. And new White House appointee Stephen Myron,

should he be confirmed on Monday, will also likely be voting to slash rates by as much

as possible. There's also the controversy surrounding Trump's attempts to oust Fed Governor Lisa Cook over allegations of mortgage fraud. On Saturday, Cook asked an appeals court to

reject a White House move to remove her from the Fed ahead of this week's meeting. On Friday,

Royd has reported that a loan estimate provided by a credit union that Cook used for a mortgage

on a residence she purchased in Atlanta showed she claimed it as a vacation home,

which supports her argument that she did not claim two primary residences.

Even if the new group of Uber Doves can't get the votes for a half-point cut,

they could make their dissent felt in the dot plot,

projecting 300 basis points of cuts through the end of next year.

Trump has said that the Fed funds rate should be around

1%. Skyler Wynon, chief investment officer of Reagan Capital, says the market is calling for six

total cuts between now and the end of 2026, and while we think that's possible, we expect inflation

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