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Fed Hike Expectations Grind Higher For 2022

STIR FUTURES
  • Fed Funds pricing for upcoming meetings remains largely unchanged from Friday’s highs, with 47bps for May and 94-95bps for June.
  • Pricing for 2H2022 has firmed a touch more, with 224bps to year-end off new highs overnight of 226bps.
  • The next test is likely CPI for March tomorrow.
  • Four Fed speakers today, including Governors Bowman and Waller, but three are set to just give brief opening/closing remarks at a Fed listens event.
  • Evans (2023 voter) discusses the economy/mon pol at 1240ET but his views are well known. He reiterated on Thursday that he sees 7 hikes in 2022, doesn’t have a 50bp hike in his forecast but will “see how it plays out”, and wants rates towards neutral (2.25-2.5%) by end 2022 or early 2023.

FOMC-dated Fed Funds futures implied cumulative hikes (bps)Source: Bloomberg

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