BoA's key takeaways from the Fed meeting and Powell's presser:

  • At the May FOMC meeting, the Fed acknowledged that they had taken on board some of the signals from the recent inflation data
  • The Fed is reducing the pace of runoff to lower the risk of a disruption in funding markets
  • We retain our view for a first rate cut in December on the idea that inflation will remain stickier and slower to come down

BoA add that the Fed has shifted to wait-and-see mode.

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