Fed official says one or two more rate cuts ‘likely’ this year


San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank president Mary Daly. — Reuters

Washington: The US Federal Reserve (Fed) is likely to make one or two more rate cuts this year as it recalibrates policy to focus on the labour market, a senior bank official says.

Fed policymakers voted 11-to-one in favour of cutting the bank’s key lending rate by half a percentage point last month, bringing the bank’s key lending rate down from a 23-year high.

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