Investors See More Fed Rate Hikes and No Cuts Until 2024, Poll Shows

  • Strong majority in Bloomberg survey sees more rate increases
  • Most of those responding say Fed will trigger a US recession

The Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC.

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Investors expect the US Federal Reserve will keep raising interest rates, with most not anticipating cuts to begin until well into 2024.

According to 70% of the 223 respondents to an Instant MLIV Pulse survey, Chair Jerome Powell and colleagues have not yet completed the rate-hiking campaign that began in March 2022 after inflation surged amid the pandemic. Thirty percent said rates have topped out.