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The Powell Pivot! What a difference two weeks can make.
Wednesday, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, citing continued progress on lowering inflation towards target and a more balanced labor market, said the Fed was likely done raising rates. Furthermore, he indicated policymakers are beginning to talk about cutting rates.
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“In this new global environment, policymakers, even those previously in the ‘lower forever’ camp…”
Interest rates drive everything, and they are as volatile and directionally uncertain as they’ve ever been. So are the global macroeconomics driving them. Global fund managers are required to make bets on outcomes for stocks, currencies, and commodities based on the cost of money. If perspectives on rates are so dispersed, how can we judge the value of the things that are driven by them?