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Fed keeps rates at 5.25% - 5.50%, with a rate cut ‘as soon as [Sep.]’

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1. Fed keeps rates at 5.25% - 5.50%, with a rate cut ‘as soon as [Sep.]’

Risks to the Fed’s “dual mandate” were added to the FOMC statement, signaling a growing worry with weaker labor markets:

  • Powell’s full quote: “The question will be whether the totality of the data, the evolving outlook, and the balance of risks are consistent with rising confidence on inflation and maintaining a solid labor market. If that test is met, a reduction in our policy rate could be on the table as soon as the next meeting in September.”

Markets price in a near certainty of rate cuts in Sep., little changed from before the meeting

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