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Longer Run Dots Drifting Higher

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The longer-run Fed funds dot moved up for a 2nd consecutive SEP: it's now at 2.75% (rounding to 2.8%), which is not a major surprise.

  • There's a decent rise in the distribution here: last time there were 8 members at 2.5%, now that's down to just 5, with those 3 dots appearing to have migrated up to 2.75% (now 3 dots vs 1 last time) and 3.0% (now 4 vs 3 last time).
  • The median could easily drift higher in future meetings: there are 10 at 2.75% or below, and 9 above.
  • On a more esoteric note, we now count 19 dots in the Longer-Run column - new St Louis Pres Musalem appears to be participating in this projection, whereas his predecessor James Bullard did not enter a longer-run dot (leaving just 18 participants).
  • There's now one at 3.625% marking the 2nd most hawkish dot on the chart, behind 3.75%, and 2 at 3.50%.

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