Why central bank rate cuts will be at a slower pace than rate hikes were

  • UBS on Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) rate cuts ahead (eventually)

A snippet from UBS on Federal Reserve Chairman Powell testifying to Congress later in the week:

  • Recent Fed speakers have tended to suggest a slower pace of rate cuts than was the case with rate increases.
  • This is logical— rate increases were taking policy from an emergency setting to neutral, and then overtightened. Rate cuts are designed to keep real interest rates more or less stable.

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