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Fed Rates Only Modestly Trim Retail Sales Boost

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  • Fed Funds implied rates have given back a small part of yesterday’s latest sizeable shift higher spurred by stronger than expected retail sales data.
  • Cumulative hikes from 5.33% effective: +2.5bp Nov (-0.5bp on the day), +11bp Dec (-1bp) and +13.5bp Jan to a terminal 5.465% (-1.5bp).
  • Cuts from terminal: 24bp to Jun’24 and 71bp to Dec’24, the latter putting back marginally from 70bps at yesterday’s close and at levels touched after the hawkish FOMC dot plot on Sep 20.
  • Housing data aside, the session is backloaded with a plethora of Fedspeak including permanent voters Waller, Williams, Bowman and, after the close, Cook for the first time since the Sep FOMC. We also hear from Harker ('23 voter) and Barkin ('24) today. Chair Powell is firmly on the radar though with tomorrow’s appearance at the Economic Club of NY.

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