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, which strips out volatile food and energy prices, rose 0.3%, as expected. Core services, excluding housing, a key inflation gauge closely watched by Fed chairman Jerome Powell, came in at 0.26%, “significantly below this year's average run rate of 0.5%”, Morgan Stanley said.
The report “sets the stage for another reduction in the pace of rate hikes at the upcoming February FOMC,” Morgan said, forecasting the Fed to deliver “only one final 25bp rate hike before a pause and an eventual first rate cut in December.” Fed officials including Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker backed a move for a smaller 0.25% hike next month, while St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said he preferred the Fed to move and maintain rates above 5% “as soon as possible.”Treasury yields falling below 3.5%.
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