Economics
Slumping Data May Force Powell to Move to Third Cut
- Recent data and faltering markets raise odds of rate cut
- Investors want action as policy makers prefer to wait and see
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, who’s noncommittal about further interest rate cuts, is facing greater pressure to make a third-straight reduction in response to weakening data, volatile markets and a continued bashing from President Donald Trump.