While the Fed has cooled inflation significantly, a reminder that “higher for longer” still looms may speak to the case for active bond ETFs as a solution. Even Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s warning that markets had been “premature” thinking about rate cuts may have seemed more like signaling than an earnest message. See more: "T. Rowe Price’s Active ETF Suite Hits $2 Billion AUM" Whatever the signals sent by the Fed and tight economic news, investors may want cover in case cuts are delayed.