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Fed Rate Path Consolidates Powell Pullback, ’23 Voters Ahead

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  • Fed Funds implied rates consolidate yesterday’s decline accelerated by Chair Powell’s remarks at the Economic Club of NY, sitting marginally lower for Nov and Dec meetings and slightly higher later into 2024.
  • It sees just 0.5bp of tightening for the Nov FOMC, building to a cumulative 9.5bp of hikes to a terminal 5.43% in January, followed by 70bp of cuts to end-2024.
  • Today’s docket is limited to ’23 voters, with Harker (0900ET) and Mester (1215ET) both on the economic outlook including prepared remarks.
  • Harker has spoken a number of times, most recently late yesterday: at a point where we can hold rates where they are but won’t hesitate to support more hikes if needed. Not going to react to normal variability in M/M data, data point to steady if slow disinflation. I tend to be on low end of the dot plot.
  • It’s Mester’s first appearance since US CPI, having said on Oct 6 that interest rates are at or very near peak with further tightening depending on incoming data and that the jobs report continues to show strong job market.

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