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Fed rate cuts expected by contrarians amid falling inflation and weak jobs

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Contrarian economists are challenging the prevailing market expectation that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates, arguing instead for potential rate cuts. Analysts like Andrew Hollenhorst from Citi Research point to cooling inflation, a weakening job market with declining payrolls, and revised lower consumer spending as indicators that current monetary policy may be too restrictive. Despite recent hawkish signals from Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh, some experts, such as Robin Brooks, believe these statements were performative and that falling oil prices and upcoming CPI reports will shift market sentiment towards rate cuts. AI

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Fed rate cuts expected by contrarians amid falling inflation and weak jobs

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Jason Ma ·

    The contrarian view for Fed rate cuts: Payrolls will weaken, inflation will plunge, and Kevin Warsh was ‘largely performative’ in his hawkishness

    "He had to sound hawkish to draw a clear line between himself and the White House."

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