For investors and traders trying to game out where the US economy, the stock market or interest rates are headed in the second half of 2025, good luck. There’s simply too much uncertainty to be sure of anything right now.

U.S. financial markets will be closed Thursday in observance of the Juneteenth holiday. The Fed has never delivered a decision the day before a public holiday going back to at least 2000, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

Yes. United States stock markets are closed on June 19, 2025. The Federal Reserve considers Juneteenth a bank holiday, meaning most banks will be closed. No. The United States Postal Service is closed June 19.