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US economy pre-Fed health check | Oil prices vs geopolitics
The Fed meets this coming week to decide how much monetary relief the US economy really needs. Group Chief Economist Neil Shearing says that, employment data aside, the evidence argues for fewer rate cuts than markets are pricing in. He talks to David Wilder about the health of the economy, whether the surge in AI investment is making a difference, and previews the Bank of England meeting, where the pace of quantitative tightening may be slowed by a still-febrile bond market.
Also on the show, Chief Climate and Commodities Economist David Oxley assesses the oil price outlook in light of the…
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