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Fed's Daly says time is nearing for rate cuts, may need more than two
San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly on Monday said that given mounting evidence that the U.S. job market is softening and no signs of persistent tariff-driven inflation, the time is nearing for interest rate cuts. "I was willing to wait another cycle, but I can't wait forever," Daly said of the Fed's decision last week to leave short-term borrowing costs in their 4.25%-4.50% range rather than cut them, as a couple of her colleagues wanted and as President Donald Trump has demanded. While that doesn't mean a September rate cut is a lock, she said, "I would lean to thinking that every meeting going ... (full story)
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