Markets Rethink Rate Cuts As Central Bank Hawks Jawbone!

April 19, 2024 00:12:55
Markets Rethink Rate Cuts As Central Bank Hawks Jawbone!
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Markets Rethink Rate Cuts As Central Bank Hawks Jawbone!

Apr 19 2024 | 00:12:55

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Show Notes

It’s become a bit of a ritual, as members of various committees linked to Central Bank interest rate decisions speak in the open spaces between policy meetings. This week, Washington has been the centre of gravity thanks to the IMF conferences. Markets are hypersensitive at the moment, having been baying for rate cuts all year, and positioning accordingly, despite the data is pointing elsewhere. But now, Money managers and strategists on Wall Street have been forced to rethink their assumptions over the past two weeks in response to strong economic data and remarks by Fed officials. For example, Federal Reserve […]

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