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U.S. Interest Rates Commentary and Research from Eric Hickman

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Mary Daly’s hawkish hurdle

The most interesting part of Jerome Powell’s speech on Friday was that he didn’t say anything about cutting rates ‘gradually’, or ‘methodically’ which would’ve indicated that he wanted to rein in Fed cutting expectations. Some of his colleagues (including Mary Daly) had used this ‘gradual’…