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Has The Fed Achieved A Soft Landing?

Vishnu Varathan, Head of Economics & Strategy, Mizuho Bank

16-Nov-23 07:00

Has The Fed Achieved A Soft Landing?

Recent US data is suggesting that Fed Chair, Jerome Powell has achieved his goal of a soft landing for the US economy. But does Vishnu Varathan, Head of Economics & Strategy at Mizuho Bank agree with that hypothesis? We also ask him for why there have been a spate of GDP upgrades for China when the data points have been mixed.

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Produced by: Mike Gong

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Philip See


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Categories:  markets

Tags:  us data,  china retail sales,  china gdp forecast,  fed,  soft landing, 


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