Top Wall Street Economist Thinks Fed Won’t Cut Rates in 2024

A mix of stubborn inflation and solid economic growth renews Federal Reserve policy debate.
Top Wall Street Economist Thinks Fed Won’t Cut Rates in 2024
Traders work as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is seen on a screen delivering remarks at the New York Stock Exchange on March 16, 2022. Brendan McDermid/Reuters
Andrew Moran
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The Federal Reserve won’t cut interest rates as the U.S. economy remains solid and underlying inflationary pressures persist, according to a top Wall Street economist.

Torsten Slok, chief economist at Apollo Global, might have raised some eyebrows on the New York Stock Exchange to close out the trading week and kick off March last week by abandoning the idea that the central bank will pivot on monetary policy this year.

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