Following the Federal Reserve is the closest thing market-watchers have to an ongoing soap opera. The "will they / won't they" push-and-pull around interest rates can turn on a dime, depending on the day's news. The central bank's next move is always under a microscope. But for the entirety of 2026 so far, the Fed hasn't, well, done anything with rates. At the beginning of the year the expectation was for cuts. Now — with inflation rising — many are clamoring for a hike. Yet we remain unchanged. [...]