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A good, strong start

In its much-awaited first rate cut of the post-pandemic economic cycle, the FOMC cut the Fed Funds rate by 0.5 percentage points to 4.75%–5.0%. The decision to cut was taken as a given, but the controversy was whether to cut by a quarter point or half point, with the market divided in its expectations between the two.

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