Morgan Stanley Scraps Fed June Cut, Sees Next Reduction in 2026

April 3, 2025, 7:46 AM UTC

Morgan Stanley analysts push back their call for the next Federal Reserve interest-rate cut to next year, citing inflation risks arising from tariffs.

  • “We now remove our expected rate cut in June given what is likely to be a healthy inflation impulse in the coming months,” write economists including Michael Gapen in a client note
    • They now see the next rate-cut cycle beginning in March 2026, with a terminal rate of 2.50-2.75%
    • “The Fed will have trouble looking through the near-term impulse to inflation and ease quickly”
    • “This, of course, is contingent on the economy remaining in a modest growth ...



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