US Will Avoid Recession, Growth Below Trend: State Street's Dixon
Noel Dixon, Senior Macro Strategist at State Street Global Markets, says below-trend US growth will help with cyclical inflation that the Federal Reserve has been struggling to control. He also sees the Fed cutting a couple of times in the second half of 2025. He speaks to Bloomberg's Jonathan Ferro and Lisa Abramowicz on 'Bloomberg Surveillance.' (Source: Bloomberg)
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