The perspective of conservative says:
- Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced the Fed will start reducing interest rates.
- The Fed was initially planning to cut rates by up to 125 basis points by the end of the year.
- A sudden burst of inflation in May caused the Fed to pause its rate-cutting plans.
- Another inflation increase in June led to a reevaluation of the Fed's rate-cutting plans.
- The Fed was poised to cut rates in June, but inflation concerns stayed its hand.