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The Fed's rate cut rationale

The job market is worse than it looks. Tariffs' effects on inflation are probably a one-time bump.

The big picture: Those two sentences, in a nutshell, explain why the Fed has resumed its interest rate cuts — even as inflation has ticked up, the unemployment rate remains low, and the stock market is at new highs.


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