Anchor Capital sees extended Fed pause as supply shocks fade, disinflation returns
- Anchor Capital flagged a shift in US inflation drivers, favoring an extended Fed pause as demand-led price pressures cool.
- Near-term inflation seen volatile on tariffs, energy disruption, geopolitical risk; shocks expected to fade without persistent second-round effects.
- Cyclical core PCE inflation near pre-pandemic norms; recent firmness concentrated in acyclical components that rate policy cannot readily restrain.
- AI-driven productivity upshift supports disinflationary growth; output per hour near a 3% annual rate, unit labor cost growth below 2%.
- Base case points to the next meaningful policy move being a cut, potentially as early as 2027, improving the medium-term backdrop for bonds, stocks.
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