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Barclays: Powell may push the Fed to cut interest rates next month
PANews, November 24, reported by Jin10, Barclays Research points out that there remains uncertainty regarding the Fed's interest rate decision next month, but Chairman Powell is likely to push the FOMC to make a rate cut decision. Based on recent speeches, Barclays believes that governors Mulan, Bowman, and Waller may support a rate cut, while regional Fed presidents Musalem and Schmidt tend to favor keeping interest rates unchanged. Governors Barr and Jefferson, as well as Goolsbee and Collins, have shown that their stance is still unclear but leans more towards maintaining the status quo. Governors Cook and Williams rely on data but seem to support a rate cut more. Barclays stated: "This means that before considering Powell's position, there may be six voters inclined to keep interest rates unchanged and five inclined to cut rates." The bank added that Powell will ultimately dominate this decision, as the threshold for governors to publicly oppose his stance is very high.

