The Fed favours the PCE over the CPI, but the latter’s January print strengthens the point that, at least in the US, the last mile of disinflation could be arduous. François Villeroy de Galhau implicitly offers a quid pro quo: an early start of rate cuts against a measured pace for the subsequent accommodation and a landing policy rate above the pre-Covid cruise level.
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