The Fed did cut its policy rate by a bigger 50bp, to between 4.75% and 5.00%, but the vote was not unanimous and the new rate projections only shows an additional 50bp of cuts between now and the end of this year. Accordingly, today’s announcement is best characterised as a hawkish 50.
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