Fed Chair Jerome Powell stuck to the line that the Fed was in no hurry to adjust its policy stance in his semi-annual testimony to Congress today. Given that inflation remains above target and the likelihood that new tariffs will push it even higher in the second half of this year, we do not expect the Fed to lower interest rates any further in 2025.
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