US Markets Swing Towards Rate Cuts As Inflation Eases...

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Jul 12 2024 | 00:08:56

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Show Notes

Here we go again, as inflation, which had been falling last year, but rising in the first part of 2024, now appears to be easing again, so markets who at the start of the year saw 6 rate cuts, then trimmed them to none, and possibly a rise, are now again betting on multiple cuts later this year. Talk about fickle. Actually, US inflation did cool broadly in June to the slowest pace since 2021 thanks to a long-awaited slowdown in housing costs as the so-called core consumer price index — which excludes food and energy costs — climbed just […]

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