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Fed biding its time

Fed Chair Jerome Powell argued in his post-FOMC press conference that, despite the stickiness of inflation in recent months, additional interest rate hikes were still “unlikely”. Moreover, while he admitted that the strong start to the year means it will “likely to take longer to gain the confidence” that inflation was moving down to a sustained 2% pace, he was careful not to rule out rate cuts later this year either.

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