If the Fed pauses, then the trend will just flatline, having a negligible impact on earnings going forward.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4652210-verizon-stands-to-gain-from-falling-inflation?source=feed_all_articles

This is a positive, but seeing as they are still at a large operating loss I would expect that to continue to decline and not flatline.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4642201-opko-health-fda-approval-to-save-the-company?source=feed_all_articles