Bank of Montreal found support for a Federal Reserve rate cut cycle pause in the PCE data released on Friday last week.
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BOM, meanwhile:
- On the inflation front Core-PCE came in … 0.115% unrounded, and the lowest since May
- the second lowest monthly gain over the last year
- Overall, it was a round of data that was consistent with the more benign inflation profile that appears to be emerging in Q4.
- However, core inflation didn’t print low enough to prevent a January Fed pause.
(bolding is mine)
This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.
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