Market Views: Is the US economy poised for a soft landing?

As earnings season begins and major investment banks and technology firms beat earnings estimates, financial markets are increasingly betting on the US economy making a soft landing amid a rate-cutting cycle. Starting last week, Wall Street banks such as JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley and chipmaker Nvidia delivered strong earnings for the third quarter, buoying confidence that the US economy could avoid sliding into recession.  Corporate revenue growth in the second quarter came i…