The July Federal Open Market Committee minutes and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech at Jackson Hole provided another clear signal that the Fed will cut rates in September. We think it would take a large, negative surprise in the labor market data between now and then to justify anything more than a 25bp cut. The preliminary benchmark revisions to nonfarm payrolls will not influence the Fed's thinking much.
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