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If a Hesitant Fed Won’t Cut, Other Central Banks Will, Says Ned Davis
Chair Jerome Powell declares that the Federal Reserve is in no hurry to reduce rates due to sticky inflation.
Chair Jerome Powell declares that the Federal Reserve is in no hurry to reduce rates due to sticky inflation.
Futures market expects deeper cuts ahead than the central bank bunch projects.
UBS analysts think the Fed will need 6 months or so to realize it can ease, gradually slicing the central bank’s benchmark by a modest amount, up to 0.75 points.
The bond and futures markets believe the central bank’s tightening will about-face—a bad call, the strategist contends.
Commonwealth’s McMillan thinks it has two half-point increases ahead, and that’s it.
Current projections say there will be two hikes in the latter part of 2022.
One reason is that spending-happy Washington will need more central bank Treasury buying.