Interest rate cut expectations are delayed again, and the market may need to readjust to “higher interest rates for longer”

Recently, I read a latest report from Morgan Stanley, and the core message is quite straightforward: they no longer believe the U.S. will cut rates early in 2026, but instead push the timing back to consider rate cuts only next year.
The reasons are not complicated:
On one hand, inflation is still clearly above the 2% target and has not truly come down;
On the other hand, economic and employment data remain relatively strong, indicating the overall economy can still “handle it,” even showing some resilience of overheating.
In this context, the Federal Reserve’s stance has also become more cautious, most likely continuing to observe rather than rushing to ease policy. There is a sentence in the report I find quite key: the threshold for rate cuts has been raised.
Their basic path is: if inflation indeed significantly declines later and the economy begins to slow down, then a gradual rate cut cycle might start in January and March next year.
To put it in a more market-oriented way:
The easing of liquidity might not come back as quickly as the market previously thought.
My own feeling is that this environment is actually very typical for the market — it won’t immediately turn into a bull market, nor will it spiral out of control quickly, but instead enter a “high interest rate tug-of-war” phase.
In this stage, what’s most likely to happen isn’t a trend rally, but repeated oscillations and swings in expectations.
Many people will be watching “when will the rate cut happen,” but a more important question is:
In an environment where high interest rates last longer, can your strategy still adapt?
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