Steepening Yield Curve Shows Market Isn’t Waiting for Fed to Act

Futures reflected more than 70 basis points of easing in 2019 at one point Wednesday, a move that helped push key portions of the curve to their widest since at least November. Bets on steepening — historically the darling trade during easing cycles — are building amid signs of weakness in U.S. manufacturing
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Fed Inches Toward Rate Cut as Trade War Frays Patience

The Federal Reserve’s top policy makers aren’t yet ready to cut interest rates, but worsening trade tensions are nudging them in that direction. In separate comments Tuesday, Fed Chair Jerome Powell and his No. 2, Richard Clarida, reassured nervous investors they’re watching closely for signs that disputes
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