Weekly Market Analysis for Illinois and Florida
Trump taps Warsh for Fed chair
The week in review: Jan. 25 - 31, 2026
January came to an end last week — and we can’t say the final week of the first month was uneventful. To no one’s surprise, the Federal Reserve didn’t cut rates for the fourth consecutive time at its first meeting of 2026. The market had largely accepted that if the Fed didn’t cut last December, it would in January, so we got our Christmas present shortly before the holiday. The surprise came after the Fed…