Friday Briefing: Monetary policies may diverge but inflationary worries persist

Friday Briefing

Cristian Angeloni
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This week the US Federal Reserve decided to cut interest rates by 25bps to 4%-4.25%, while the Bank of England held at 4%, neither of which came as a surprise.

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