
Markets tried to fight the Fed on rate cuts. It didn’t work
CNNA version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. She added that the latest Consumer Price Index, which showed that inflation picked up slightly in December, “just shows there’s more work to do, and that work is going to take restrictive monetary policy.” San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly also shared a similar sentiment Friday in an interview with Fox Business. A rapidly weakening economy would typically prompt the Fed to cut rates sooner and more aggressively, so stronger-than-expected economic data means there isn’t any urgency to cut rates, as Waller suggested last week. “The upside surprise from jobless claims was a reminder to financial markets that the Fed is assuming a stronger path for the economy and more persistence of inflationary pressures than would be consistent with six interest rate cuts over the course of the year,” Bill Adams, chief economist at Comerica Bank, told CNN. Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s remarks after officials make their latest interest-rate decision later this month should give markets some additional clarity on what to expect from the central bank, which seems to be that a March rate cut is simply not in the cards.
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