Market Views: Will the Federal Reserve cut rates this year?

As investors continue to parse financial data to figure out the next interest rate move from the Fed, there are conflicting opinions on what the future holds.

A version of this story was first published in sister title, AsianInvestor.

While the financial markets have been moving in a way that implies many investors have placed their bets on the Federal Reserve starting to cut rates some time later this year, others have been less enthusiastic about that view.

William Chan CIO of HSBC Life is one such investment professional he recently cautioned that such rate cuts may not be forthcoming very soon.

Speaking at AsianInvestor’s 18th Asian Investment Summit, Chan said that despite the potential for an economic downturn in the US prompting rate cuts, there...

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