(Reuters) – The U.S. financial system appears poised for a continued slowdown in inflation that may permit the Federal Reserve to chop its benchmark rate of interest and “over time” attain a stage that’s now not holding again exercise, Fed Chair Jerome Powell mentioned on Monday in remarks that confirmed no apparent lean in the direction of a sooner or slower tempo of price reductions.
Powell mentioned in remarks ready for supply at a Nationwide Affiliation for Enterprise Economics convention in Nashville, Tennessee that the Fed isn’t on any preset course. “The risks are two-sided, and we will continue to make our decisions meeting by meeting.”
The Fed lower charges by half a proportion level at its Sept. 17-18 assembly, reducing the vary of its coverage price from a 20-year excessive of 5.25%-5.50%, which it had maintained for 14 months, to the present 4.75%-5.00% vary.
MARKET REACTION:
STOCKS: The prolonged a slight loss to -0.15%
BONDS: The yield on benchmark U.S. 10-year notes rose to three.796%. The yield rose to three.647%.
FOREX: The prolonged to a 0.37% acquire
COMMENTS:
QUINCY KROSBY, CHIEF GLOBAL STRATEGIST, LPL FINANCIAL, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
“He basically has underscored that the Fed remains data dependent but nonetheless – the way I’m interpreting it – he’s looking toward an economy that remains solid and a labor market that remains solid and inflation coming down. The suggestion is that the Fed – even though there will be a host of new data before the next meeting – appears to be on tap for another rate cut in the November meeting.”
