Bond traders eye three rate cuts after Fed stalls

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Bond traders expect the US Federal Reserve will lower interest rates three times this year despite the central bank leaving borrowing costs on hold and flagging mounting risks of both higher inflation and unemployment.

The world’s most important central bank has now kept its benchmark at the range of 4.25 per cent to 4.5 per cent for a third straight meeting after cutting it three consecutive times last year.

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