Powell on Track for Fed Rate Cut Despite Some Dissent

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• If Powell leans hawkish at the news conference to appease hawkish regional Fed presidents, will it even matter anymore? The next Fed chair could join the board as soon as February, rendering Powell essentially a lame duck for the last few months of his chairmanship

  80% confidence

• Economists expect the Fed to take a break after this cut before two more reductions in 2026, in March and September

  80% confidence

• 2.25% is 'about the right level' as long as economic and inflation forecasts materialize

  80% confidence

• He saw room for a reduction in the 'near term'

  80% confidence

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