Odaily News Rick Rieder, BlackRock's chief investment officer for global fixed income, believes that bond investors who have been suffering from rising yields for the past month will soon find some comfort from slowing inflation and the Federal Reserve. With inflation slowing in the coming months, the Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates twice this year. "It's becoming increasingly difficult for them to do this, but I still think they can." Rieder said that BlackRock has cut its interest rate exposure and invested more in short-term durations. Once it sees a few good inflation reports and evidence of slowing employment, it can start to extend the duration.