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Fortune
Eleanor Pringle

Powell faces a market mutiny if he doesn't make a September rate cut—Wall Street has 'locked in' timings after unemployment concerns

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell

If there were any questions lingering over when the Fed would cut rates, Friday's jobs report sealed the deal for Wall Street: It's coming in September.

Following the last Federal Open Market Committee meeting, chairman Jerome Powell left the door open for holding interest rates where they are—at 5.25%-5.50%—until December before beginning to bring them down.

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