On November 8, Nick Timiraos, a reporter from the Federal Reserve's "mouthpiece" and the Wall Street Journal, commented on the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision in November: "The Federal Reserve decided to cut interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday, but it released more uncertainty about the speed at which it continues to cut interest rates. Sex, the Federal Reserve is still trying to prevent the sharp interest rate hikes in the past two and a half years from dragging down the economy. Over a similar time frame, investors in the interest rate futures market have lowered expectations for the Fed's interest rate cut in the next year or so. According to Citibank, they now believe the Fed will reduce interest rates to around 3.6% by 2026, compared with its estimate of 2.8% in September. Officials are trying to pull interest rates back to a more normal level that neither stimulates nor slows economic growth, but they don't know what normal interest rates are. So they may be guided by economic performance in the coming months. That means they will keep interest rates slightly above normal or neutral."