The U.S. Federal Reserve is no longer expected to cut interest rates at its December policy meeting, Nomura has said, making it the first global brokerage to signal a pause in the central bank's rate-cutting cycle in the wake of Donald Trump's election win.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday that interest rates are still expected to decline further, but suggested they might not be that much lower over the next few months.

The Federal Reserve appears to be heading to a more wary and “hedged posture” on the rate and level of further rate cuts due to the incoming Trump administration, according to Evercore. The shift in the central bank’s tone,