Less Fed Fund Rate Cuts For Now

Yeap Jun Rong, Market Strategist, IG International

06-Feb-24 07:00

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Fed Chairman Jerome Powell has gone on record saying that the Central Bank is being careful not to reduce rates too soon. Yeap Jun Rong, Market Strategist at IG International tells us what this means for markets and how many cuts we can expect in 2024.

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Produced by: Mike Gong

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Keith Kam

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Categories: markets, economy

Tags: us fed rate cut economy, china india equities market, singapore stock exchange,

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