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Odds of a rate hike this year even lower now

The likelihood of the Fed hiking interest rates before the end of this year tumbled again last week, as the incoming data triggered some sizeable downgrades to estimates of third-quarter GDP growth. In addition, in a remarkable rebuke to the Chair Janet Yellen, two of the Fed’s governors also came out strongly in favour of delaying a rate hike until next year.

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