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Fed Path Re-Firms Ahead Of CPI, Stacked Fedspeak Follows

STIR FUTURES
  • Fed Fund implied hikes have pushed back higher overnight, retracing yesterday’s decline albeit not completely in 2H23.
  • Buoyed by Kashkari (’23) saying late yesterday any talk of Fed pivot entirely premature ("There's a lot of talk in the public about will we raise rates by 50 basis points, 75 basis points [in Dec]? Those are certainly going to be on the table, but could it something beyond that? It's possible too.") with only modest net impact on terminal from China’s top leadership urging more precise, target Covid control.
  • 57.5bp for Dec (+1bp), cumulative 96.5bp to 4.81% for Feb (+2.5bp), terminal 5.08% for May/Jun’23 (+4.5bp) and 4.73% for Dec’23 (+3.5bp).
  • Fedspeak: Harker (’23 voter, text) 0900ET, Logan (’23, text) 0935ET, Daly (’24) 1100ET, Mester (’22) 1230ET and George (’22) 1330ET with text tbd for latter two.

FOMC-dated Fed Funds implied ratesSource: Bloomberg

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