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NatWest: Pulling Forward Tightening Forecasts

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With Powell’s tone and the unexpected release on reducing the balance sheet at the January FOMC, NatWest has pulled forward its forecasts for Fed tightening and balance sheet shrinkage.

  • They now see 5 hikes in 2022 (up from 3), in March, May, June, Sept and Dec, with 4 more in 2023 (unch) to 2.25-2.50%. They also see QT beginning in May/ June rather than September previously.
  • They note that Powell didn’t use the terms “gradual” or “measured” to describe hikes.
  • That said, the Fed may want to pause for a meeting before resuming hikes, after the initial urgency, especially after QT begins – so pauses in July and November (the latter ahead of midterm elections).
  • NatWest is “less convinced” that inflation will decline and “do not expect the inflation news will suggest quite as much of a reprieve (even though we do show a little moderation due in part to base effects in core inflation)”.
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