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Jun 2025
32m 59s

Time For The Fed To Turn Dovish?

Alfonso Peccatiello & Brent Donnelly
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Alf and Brent discuss the recent soft CPI print and the state of the US labor market. They highlight the odds of a dovish Fed pivot, and what that might entail for markets. Transcript: https://www.spectramarkets.com/tmtf-transcript-11jun25/ 
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