Weekly Market Commentary - 1 September 2023

A year of tight financial conditions has started to slow economic activity, in addition to helping slow inflation. Central banks have been walking a tightrope of raising interest rates sufficiently to tame persistent inflation, but not sufficiently high to crash the economy. With many metrics now showing early signs that economic activity is slowing, pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates at their next meeting in November is easing.

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