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Inflation: 3.0% Is the New 2.0%
The Fed Put is back. Given the likelihood of two more reductions in the federal funds rate before year-end, we’re reducing the odds of our bullish base-case Roaring 2020s scenario from 55% to 50% and raising the odds of an even more bullish stock market meltup from 25% to 30%. Indeed, the stock market jumped on Friday in reaction to a cooler-than-expected inflation report, since it buoys the case for Fed ease. [....]