modest
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Full-year copper production was a modest miss versus the guidance range, but was broadly in line with both consensus and RBC’s expectations, they say.
Analysts at Morgan Stanley and Macquarie also read the press conference as reinforcing a longer pause, even though many Fed watchers expect modest easing later this year, after Powell’s term as chair ends.
From Barron's
Stock futures are pointing to modest gains, but fortunes overnight were mixed with Microsoft shares slumping and Meta jumping after both companies reported quarterly results.
Officials made fairly modest changes to the post-meeting statement explaining their decision, retaining language that has typically signaled openness to further moves without suggesting any hurry to make them.
But despite the hype, the effect of the deal on the global economy will likely be modest.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
