Stocks in the U.S. fell after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell suggested policymakers were not embarking on a new cycle of rate cutting.
suggested policymakers were not embarking on a new cycle of rate cutting. The 25 basis points cut on Wednesday marked the central bank's first policy easing in more than a decade.
So, the central bank's move and Powell's comments on Wednesday aren't "much of a hawkish surprise at all," Brooks told CNBC's"My basic point here is: I think markets here need to chill a little bit and the underlying theme is more dovish than ... markets perceived." The fact that "a large group of seven people" were expecting two rate cuts in 2019 "kind of got lost in the commentary" that followed the Fed's latest move, said Brooks.
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