• The U.S. Federal Reserve will cut its key interest rate twice this year, starting in September, according to a stronger majority of economists polled by Reuters who broadly raised their inflation forecasts for a second consecutive month.
• Nearly two-thirds of economists surveyed, 70 of 108, predicted the first reduction in the fed funds rate in September, to a 5.00%-5.25% range. Those results, from the May 7-13 poll, compared with just over half expecting a September cut when they were surveyed last month.
• Only 11 forecast a July cut and none said June, compared to 26 and four in the April survey.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/fed-cut-rates-september-say-nearly-two-thirds-economists-2024-05-13/