February 07, 2023 11:14 GMT
Fed Rate Path Eases Back With Powell Eyed
STIR FUTURES
- Fed Funds implied hikes have trimmed some of yesterday’s continued climb although a largely parallel shift from the terminal onwards keeps 2H23 cuts near recent lows of 33bps (50bps pre-payrolls).
- 25.5bp for Mar (unch), cumulative 43.5bp for May (-1.5bp), 53bp to terminal 5.11% in Jun/Jul (-3/-4.5bp) before 4.78% Dec (-5bp).
- Chair Powell remarks expected to start 1240ET. Follows limited Fedspeak post-FOMC and payrolls. So far Bostic (’24) late yesterday still saw two more hikes as base case but the jobs data raised the possibility of a higher terminal, and Daly (’24) Fri saw the Dec dots as a good indicator of where headed but is prepared to do more if needed.
FOMC_dated Fed Funds futures implied ratesSource: Bloomberg
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