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Fed Rates Cool After Memorial Day, Not Quite Fully Pricing July Hike

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  • Fed Funds implied rates have nudged lower after on balance treading water in yesterday’s holiday-thinned trade, with a miss for Spanish inflation seeing some spillover.
  • Pertinent points are a July hike not quite fully priced, whilst the 35bp of cuts from the 5.31% peak leaves only half a cut priced from current levels to year-end.
  • Cumulative changes from 5.08% effective: +13.5bp Jun (-2.5bp from Fri close), +22.5bp Jul (-2bp), +15.5bp Sep (-3.5bp), +2.5bp Nov (-3.5bp), -12.5bp Dec (-4.5bp) and -29bp Jan (-6bp).
  • Latest Fedspeak from Goolsbee (’23 voter) on Sunday echoed data dependence, which could limit the impact on Barkin (’24) speaking at 1300ET having already spoken on Thu. Barkin noted that the labor market is quite strong with labor demand for skilled trades still “crazy hot”, but that whilst demand isn’t cold it is cooling, helped in part by some marginal credit tightening.

Source: Bloomberg

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