By making it clear that interest rates will not be raised this year and that quantitative tightening will start to wind down earlier than previously suggested, the Fed was even more dovish this week than most had anticipated. It wasn’t all positive news, however, as a key reason for the Fed’s climb-down is that economic growth is already slowing below potential.
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