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Bullard Sees Fed Cutting In 1H24, Before Inflation Hits 2%

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  • Former St Louis Fed’s Bullard tells the WSJ he expects the Fed to begin cutting rates before inflation hits 2%, and that cuts could come as soon as March.
  • He predicts that core PCE inflation will slow to around 2% before October, vs 2.6% Y/Y recorded in Nov’23.
  • "They don't want to get into the second half of 2024, and inflation's already at 2% and you still haven't moved the policy, right? That would be too late."
  • If inflation is somewhere between 2% and 2.5% "and you still haven't moved the policy rate, then you might have to move very aggressively, with 50 basis points at a meeting or something, and that would be a difficult thing."

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