In that case, the Fed may have to push cuts out until the end of the year, confounding market expectations.
If so, then the nonpolitical monetary policy committee might postpone considering rate cuts until after the November presidential elections," Yardeni wrote last week.
"That could be the first rate cut decision of this year," Yardeni said.
"We maintain our expectation of just two rate cuts this year , in July and December," economists at Nomura said in a client note.
Clarida also noted that if the Fed judged inflation by the consumer price index instead of its preferred personal consumption expenditures price index, "we wouldn't even be discussing rate cuts."
Persons:
Ed Yardeni, Yardeni, Jerome Powell, Powell, Nomura, Richard Clarida, Clarida
Organizations:
Yardeni Research, Fed, Market, CNBC