The Fed has stated pretty steadily that they are on this measured pace of tightening, and investors will be looking to see that they maintain that pace.

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The decline in the core rate is very good news; it confirms that inflation continues to remain subdued, ... It shows that prices outside of energy are actually falling, which is great news for the Federal Reserve.

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In the last couple of weeks, market participants forgot about the idea of a tightening, ... People woke up to the idea that maybe the tightening isn't over.

229

The numbers confirm the perspective that the market has already priced in -- that the Fed will move to a neutral directive at its meeting next week.

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What I fear is that these numbers are not telling us everything, ... The worst news on the jobs front is yet to come in the next six months, which I think is still going to give room for the Fed to ease.

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I think that the bottom line is that for people thinking that the economy is slowing down, that is certainly not the case.

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I think that merging the resources of the two certainly is going to give some others a run for the money.

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A weaker yen against the dollar.

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