Free Trial

Fed Hike Pricing Keeps To Highs On Initial Powell Comments

STIR FUTURES
  • Powell's initial comments help maintain the hawkish surge in hikes implied by Fed Funds from the past few hours.
  • There is 52bp of hikes priced for the May meeting, 150bps for the three meetings to July and 244bps for the six meetings this year.
  • Front-end Tsys sitting +12.5bps on the day at 2.70%.
  • Powell: 50bps will be on the table for May meeting - bbg.
  • When asked if it's reasonable to have 3x50bp hikes lined up by the market, his paraphrased answer was in our last meeting, many on the committee thought it would be appropriate to have one of more 50bp hikes… Markets are reacting appropriately, generally.

To read the full story

Close

Why MNI

MNI is the leading provider

of intelligence and analysis on the Global Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange and Energy markets. We use an innovative combination of real-time analysis, deep fundamental research and journalism to provide unique and actionable insights for traders and investors. Our "All signal, no noise" approach drives an intelligence service that is succinct and timely, which is highly regarded by our time constrained client base.

Our Head Office is in London with offices in Chicago, Washington and Beijing, as well as an on the ground presence in other major financial centres across the world.