Weekly Commentary: Starting the tight policy unwind

he Fed is set to cut interest rates for the first time since the pandemic. Yet central banks are not heading for an easy policy stance given sticky inflation. U.S. stocks rose about 4% last week, led by tech. U.S. 10-year Treasury yields touched 15-month lows, with markets pricing steep Fed cuts that look overdone. The Fed policy meeting takes center stage this week. The recent drop in U.S. core CPI stalled in August, likely taking a 50-basis-point cut off the table, in our view.