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Fed Cuts Rates Amid Rising Labor Market Risks

The Breakdown

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Why the Fed Cut: Labor Risks Over Inflation

Summary of the Fed's first cut to 4–4.25%: payroll revisions, soft jobs prints, Powell's framing of competing inflation and employment risks, and the decision to move rates closer to neutral as a risk-management adjustment.

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