Options Market Challenges Futures Aggressive Fed Hike Bets

The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC, US, in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, April 17, 2026. The Federal Reserve said Monday it will buy about $25 billion of Treasury bills each month, a greater wind down than anticipated of a program that was meant to ease short-term funding costs by rebuilding reserves in the financial system.