Fed is expected to cut rates next week, but some of its reasons may be fading
- The Fed is widely expected to cut rates by a quarter point next week, but economists say some of the arguments for a rate cut are not as strong as they had been.
- The trade war has calmed down somewhat, and that was one factor that the Fed had pointed to as a risk for the economy.
- “It’s not a foregone conclusion they cut at this meeting,” said one economist. […]