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Recent economic data has shown above trend growth fueled by a rise in consumer spending and a continuing healthy US job market. Inflationary trends are subsiding, but core levels remain well above the Fed’s target. Given the cumulative effects of restrictive monetary policy and tighter financial conditions, we believe the economy will gradually soften and the Fed will remain data dependent as they tread cautiously going forward.