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Deutsche Estimates Financial Tightening Equal To 3 Rate Hikes

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Heading into next week's FOMC, Deutsche Bank estimates that since September, US financial conditions have tightened by the equivalent of roughly 3 25bp Fed rate hikes.
  • That's based on their analysis of the Fed's new Financial Conditions Index which is published with a lag (we'll get October's in mid-Nov).
  • DB's model replicating the 3-year "lookback" index on a daily basis shows that the Fed's indicator would indicate a 60bp drag on growth over the next year, based on financial conditions since September. A 20bp increase is roughly equivalent to a policy-induced 25bp rise in 2Y Tsy yields - so DB argues the 60bp of drag is roughly equivalent to 3x 25bp hikes.
  • The 10Y Tsy yield rise will have contributed to that most heavily, with effective Fed funds and mortgage spreads also adding to the tightening.
  • Just like during the banking crisis earlier this year, expect Powell to be asked next week about how the FOMC is regarding the hike-equivalent tightening impact of financial conditions (recall in March he noted bank failures could equate to one or two hikes).

Source: Deutsche Bank

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