The US Federal Reserve begin their two-day policy meeting today with investors widely anticipating the first expected rate, unwind its cycle of aggressive hikes, which started in March 2022. Yeap Jun Rong, a market strategist at IG International talks about how this decision might impact equities as well as the US dollar in the coming months.

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The central banks of Brazil, Norway, South Africa, Japan and Britain are all expected to hold policy meetings this week. But perhaps the most watched will be the US Federal Reserve. Joe Quinlan, Chief Market Strategist at the US Trust-BOA Private Wealth Management, shares his insights into whether or not a rate cut will happen and at what quantum.

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The bets are on for the number and quantum of Fed rate cuts till 2025. We ask Tim Waterer, Chief Market Analyst, KCM Trade for his expectations and what will be the neutral rate. We also ask his views on the Chinese equity markets which have hit a low last seen in 2019.

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Singapore’s Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) sector has been seeing a sluggish performance  as the iEdge S-Reit Index is down by 2.8% on a year to date basis, underperforming the broader Strait times index which is up 9% for the same period. Krishna Guha, Analyst at Maybank Securities gives us his perspective and what are this top picks.

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JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs have warned of lower earnings. We ask Tony Nash, CEO, Complete Intelligence why and how this is correlated to the Fed Fund rate cut. We also look at the recent appreciation of the Yen and does this mean the end of the Japanese equity rally.

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With the Federal Reserve set to cut rates in September, what are the implications to Asean markets after a relatively good run. Andrew San, Head of ASEAN Equities, Amundi Malaysia gives us his perspective whilst looking specifically at Malaysia which is the best performing market in the region.

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The US inflation report and consumer sentiment survey will be the data points coming out this week ahead of the Federal Reserve FOMC meeting on 17-18 September. Will this calm concerns over the US economy's health? Economist Carlos Casanova of UBP gives us his projections for the Fed monetary policy. 

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SGX did start on a weak note at the beginning of the year but it appears fortunes might be changing as it's up more than 8% on a year to date basis. What were the catalysts for rerating and is there still an upside in a rate easing cycle? Geoff Howie, Market Strategist, at Singapore Exchange tells us.

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Investors are obviously jittery ahead of the FOMC meeting next week with markets in a volatile mode. Kelvin Wong, Senior Market Analyst, OANDA tells us what to expect in terms of the rate cuts and how best to position for that.

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The question is not if the Federal Reserve will cut rates but the magnitude. A question that we pose Kingsley Jones, Chief Investment Officer, Jevons Global whilst asking him if he would consider the Australian market a safe haven based on the state of the economy.

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