Goldman Sachs sceptical of 'insurance' US rate cuts from Fed
|In the latest client note released on Sunday, the Goldman Sachs economists maintained their view that the Fed would refrain from slashing rates until there is evidence of significant deterioration in business and consumer activities.
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“A surprise escalation in trade tensions between Washington and Beijing since May, together with stubbornly low inflation, have spurred bets among traders the U.S. central bank may lower key lending rates by 0.75 percentage points by year-end.
However, we think the hurdle for such cuts is likely to be higher than widely believed.
Another assumption for insurance rate-cuts is that Fed officials could reserve the moves once the risk abates.
However, the greater political scrutiny of Fed hikes now—especially with a presidential election approaching—could make this harder to do in 2020, so that overly hasty insurance cuts now might increase the risk that the funds rate gets stuck at too low a level if the economy remains resilient."
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