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Bill Dudley’s Caution Speaks to Increasingly Wary Traders

There’s a sense the economic slowdown is accelerating

Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC

Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg

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Bill Dudley, who used to run the New York Federal Reserve, came out with a bold statement today: the Fed should cut rates next week rather than wait any longer. He even went a step further and said he’s worried it may already be too late to prevent a true recession.