One of the real reasons for Charles Evans, Powell, etc talking about a rate cut is Trump and the Fed don't want the US Dollar too strong when the ECB is trying to drastically weaken the Euro. Fed watches both Dollar Indexes. Not just one. Which makes things very difficult for the Fed to manage the US Dollar because they have to walk a tight rope trying to manage both.
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