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Fed Rate Path Drifts Lower On Softer Eurozone Inflation

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  • Fed Funds implied rates have drifted further lower overnight, extending yesterday’s larger decline from a combination of a dovish leaning Barkin after the close before more earnestly a slowing in Eurozone inflation. It sees the end-2024 implied rate now just 2.5bp above pre-FOMC levels.
  • Cumulative hikes from 5.33% effective: +4.5bp Nov (-0.5bp), +9.5bp Dec (-0.5bp) and +9.5bp Jan (-0.5bp) with the terminal tied at 5.42%.
  • Cuts from terminal: 24bp to Jun’24 (from 23.5bp) and 82bp to Dec’24 (from 80bp).
  • Barkin (’24 voter): it’s hard to know where demand and inflation are heading but more tightening is to come from past rate hikes.
  • Today’s sole scheduled Fedspeak comes from NY Fed’s Williams (voter) although it will be text-only at 1245ET owing to a personal matter. It will be his first remarks since last week’s FOMC, having said on Sep 7 that labor supply & demand is becoming more balanced and that underlying inflation measures have come down quite a bit whilst he is still focused on core services inflation progress.

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