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Fed Rate Path Tilts Lower Again Despite FOMC Pushback

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  • Fed Funds implied rates haven’t taken heed of FOMC participants pushing back on the timing/size of rate cuts over the weekend and earlier today, and instead have slipped lower to reverse a large part of Friday’s lift.
  • There is a cumulative 21bp of cuts priced for March, 44bp for May, 67bp for June and 146bp for end-2024. The 3.87% implied effective rate for Dec’24 is close to where it closed after Wednesday’s FOMC decision.
  • Goolsbee (’23 voter) yesterday said “We’ve got to get inflation down to target… Until we’re convinced that we’re on path to that, it’s an overstatement to be counting the chickens.”
  • The FT this morning ran Mester (’24 voter) saying “the next phase is not when to reduce rates, even though that’s where the markets are at. It’s about how long do we need monetary policy to remain restrictive in order to be assured that inflation is on that sustainable and timely path back to 2 per cent", whilst disclosing she was among the members to forecast 3 25bp cuts next year.

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