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June's Projections Look Slightly Ambitious (2/2)

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There is no Summary of Economic Projections at the July meeting, but looking at progress since June’s forecasts:

  • Assuming June Core PCE comes in at 0.2% M/M as expected on July 28th, reaching 3.9% Y/Y for Q4 would require an average monthly change of 0.28%, below the 1H average of 0.35%.
  • The unemployment rate median of 4.1% would require a 0.1pp increase on average in each of the remaining 6 months of the year, and the 1.0% Y/Y Q4 GDP projection a substantial slowdown to the extent of a recession (0.2% average annualized growth in H2).
  • So as it stands the inflation forecasts look slightly optimistic, with the growth/jobs projections pessimistic. In other words, further progress may be required to back off another 25bp hike.

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