President Donald Trump clearly isn’t the only one hoping that the Fed will ride to the rescue amid the escalating trade dispute with China, with the markets now convinced that interest rates will be cut before the end of this year. We agree that the Fed will have to reverse course before long, but we think that will mainly be in response to domestic economic weakness rather than concerns over trade.
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