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MNI Fed Preview - Jul 2021: A Little Closer To Tapering

MNI Fed Preview - Jul 2021

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

  • The FOMC will use the July meeting to debate its strategy to taper asset purchases (including timing, pace, and composition). The December FOMC looks like the most likely meeting for a formal announcement.
  • The risks to the July Statement lean hawkish, but the mood could swiftly change with Powell delivering a relatively dovish press conference.
  • Moves in yields since the June FOMC suggest increasing market concerns over the growth outlook, but it's unlikely this will persuade the Fed to change course at this stage.
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Source: MNI. See Fed Preview for methodology


Sell-Side Expectations:

  • Analysts' focus is firmly on the tapering timeline, with most not mentioning their rate liftoff outlook in the July FOMC previews. Most see hawkish risks emanating from the July meeting.
  • On tapering, consensus is firmly for a December announcement with initiation in January, though opinions vary slightly on the pace / composition of the taper (some see MBS being tapered more quickly than Tsys but consensus is for $10B Tsy / $5B MBS taper pace).

Source: BBG, MNI


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