The Fed is set to slow the pace of tightening with a 50bp rate hike at its meeting next week. Chair Jerome Powell will seek to ensure the move isn’t interpreted as a dovish ‘pivot’, and the Fed’s new projections may show a slightly higher peak in rates than before. But we continue to think a further sharp fall in inflation and economic weakness will convince the Fed to start cutting again before the end of next year.
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