Will the Fed Cut Rates & Can the UK’s Growth Momentum Last into 2025?

Update: 2025-08-15

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In this week’s podcast Michael Brown (Senior Market Strategist from Pepperstone) and Michael Hewson discuss the odds of a Fed rate cut next month after this week’s US CPI and PPI numbers. They also look at the health of the UK economy through the lens of Q2 GDP, and unemployment numbers before looking ahead to UK CPI, Retail sales as well as earnings from Walmart, Target and Hays.

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