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Cook The Final Speaker Scheduled Ahead Of FOMC Blackout

STIR FUTURES
  • Fed Funds implied rates have seen minimal change overnight after yesterday's decline, with no spillover from European PMIs showing strong services offsetting weak manufacturing.
  • 22bp hike for May 3 (unch), a cumulative 27.5bp hike for Jun (unch), 10bp of cuts from current levels for Nov (-1bp) and 30bp of cuts from current to 4.53% (-1.5bp).
  • After yesterday’s Fedspeak deluge, only Gov Cook (voter) scheduled today at 1635ET on economic research with text and Q&A, before the blackout starts at midnight. She last spoke Apr 3, i.e. before CPI, noting that the disinflationary process is happening but we’re not there yet with inflation coming from a still tight labor market.


Source: Bloomberg

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