Economists See Faster Labor Cooling, Steeper Fed Cuts in Survey

Published on August 23, 2024

A labor market softening more so than previously thought should spur faster and steeper interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, according to the latest Bloomberg monthly survey of economists.

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