Traders boost US rate cut bets despite pushback from Fed’s Jay Powell

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Jay Powell has sought to push back on speculation that the Federal Reserve had won its fight against inflation, even as traders boosted bets that the US central bank could start cutting interest rates as early as next March.

In a speech on Friday, the Fed chair indicated that it was too soon to rule out further rate rises or…