US stock indices open mixed ahead of Fed rate decision

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover US stock indices open mixed ahead of Fed rate decision?

Of the 12 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 25% are rated centre, 75% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 24. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is US stock indices open mixed ahead of Fed rate decision left or right?

The story itself is neither. What can be counted is who has covered it, and 75% of the 12 rated outlets on it are rated right — so far this is a story carried mostly by the right. Coverage is still arriving and that can change, which is why the figure is dated rather than fixed.

Is the coverage of US stock indices open mixed ahead of Fed rate decision biased?

US stock indices open mixed ahead of Fed rate decision is one event reported by 24 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.

Which side is not reporting US stock indices open mixed ahead of Fed rate decision?

When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.

Which outlets covered US stock indices open mixed ahead of Fed rate decision?

24 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.

What were the opening levels of the major US stock indices?

At 9:51 a.m. local time on 16 September, the S&P 500 opened at 7,611.62, up 0.34 percent, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average opened lower, down 75.10 points to 52,018.01, according to the reports.

What is the market expectation for the Federal Reserve’s rate decision?

Analysts expect the Federal Reserve to raise its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, a view echoed in the right‑rated digests that highlighted the consensus expectation to combat high inflation.