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Inflation strong, but activity weakening

The strength of the March CPI data may be enough to persuade the Fed to squeeze in a final 25bp rate hike at the early-May FOMC meeting. But with mounting evidence that economic growth is weakening again, we doubt that strength will last much longer.

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