The Federal Reserve has two choices

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Throughout the year, investors' lack of conviction has resulted in a high level of volatility and se...

Throughout the year, investors' lack of conviction has resulted in a high level of volatility and sector rotation for the US equity market. In this environment, investors may ask "what would it take for the Federal Reserve to actually lower rates and how would this change the market environment?" First let's consider the Fed's mandate: to achieve stable economic growth with low inflation. We would need to see signs of markedly slower growth in addition to inflationary pressures abating in order for the Fed to ease. Signs of slowing economic growth are plentiful, including third quarter...

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