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CPI, Harker Put 25bp Feb Hike Pricing At Over 90% Probability

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February Fed meeting hike pricing has dropped over 4bp to 27.1bp (ie 92% probability of a 25bp vs a 50bp hike) between the in-line Dec CPI print (0830ET) and the release 15 minutes later (0845ET) of a speech by dovish-leaning 2023 FOMC voter Patrick Harker pointing to his preference for a 25bp raise.

  • The comment seized on from Harker's speech is from prepared text that presumably wasn't altered in the minutes after today's CPI print (and certainly he doesn't refer to the data)...link here:
  • "I expect that we will raise rates a few more times this year, though, to my mind, the days of us raising them 75 basis points at a time have surely passed. In my view, hikes of 25 basis points will be appropriate going forward."

Intraday Feb23 FOMC Rate Change, pp (OIS Pricing)Source: BBG, MNI

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