Today's Fed minutes could reveal what officials are really thinking about a possible 'insurance' rate cut. Here's what to watch for.
Markets are hoping Fed officials sound dovish, or in favor of interest rate cuts, when the the minutes from their last meeting are released at 2 p.m. today.
Going into that meeting three weeks ago, the Fed and the markets clearly held different views on whether the Fed needed to consider a pre-emptive interest rate cut., right after the meeting ended when he said the Fed wasn't worried about low inflation and was content to be on hold. "Rates are at a good place in the U.S. right now, if anything we are a little restrictive I would say," Bullard said on Bloomberg Television, from Hong Kong. "I am concerned we may have slightly overdone it with our December rate hike, but I was pleased that the committee pivoted."
S&P Global economists said the trade war could push the Fed toward a rate cut. The Federal Reserve is in wait-and-see mode, but the chance of an "insurance" rate cut has increased," stated a note from the firm.
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