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Economists at Nomura Holdings Inc. now forecast the Federal Reserve will begin cutting interest rates in September as the labor market weakens and inflation presents less risk. The Fed will likely ease policy at the September meeting by 25 basis points, followed by two more cuts in December and March, the Nomura economists wrote in a note.
