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Fed Easing Eyed, Russia Cuts Rates, China Slowdown: Eco Day

Fed Easing Eyed, Russia Cuts Rates, China Slowdown: Eco Day

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Good morning Americas. Here’s the latest news and analysis from Bloomberg Economics to help round off your week:

  • The Federal Reserve will likely cut interest rates this year but not nearly as aggressively as investors expect, according to a Bloomberg survey of economists.
    • Jeffrey Gundlach, billionaire money manager and chief investment officer of DoubleLine Capital, said he doesn’t think the Fed will cut next week
  • China’s industrial output growth slowed to the weakest pace since 2002 and investment decelerated, highlighting the headwinds the economy is facing as it grapples with the U.S. tariff war
  • Russia cut interest rates for the first time since March 2018 as inflation retreated closer to the central bank’s target
  • That came as central banks stayed in the spotlight once again this week as more evidence emerged that the holy grail of inflation pressures still isn’t quite within reach
  • The BOJ may already be the most aggressive central bank in the industrial world, but it maintains it has room to do even more
  • Finally, read why the Goldilocks era may be soon over for the EU’s star economy

To contact the reporter on this story: David Goodman in London at dgoodman28@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Paul Gordon at pgordon6@bloomberg.net, Zoe Schneeweiss

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