Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase kicked off banks earnings season with blowout results. Here's what it could mean for hiring across Wall Street.

A groundswell of activity in boardrooms and on trading floors is hyping up investors about the coming year for some of the biggest banks. But that isn’t the whole story for the Main Street banking sector.

Wall Street has been seesawing for weeks as traders tear up their forecasts for what the Fed will do with interest rates in 2025. A further easing would boost the U.S. economy and prices for investments, but it could also give inflation more fuel.