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STIR: Softer Labor Differential Sees Fed Funds Nearer Post-Powell Levels

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  • Fed Funds implied rates have cooled since the surprise pick-up in Conference Board consumer confidence belied a further decline in the labor differential, crudely continuing to imply upward pressure on the unemployment rate. 
  • Cumulative cuts from 5.33% effective: 33bp Sep, 67bp Nov, 103bp Dec, 131bp Jan and 193bp June. 
  • A little over 3bps of cuts have been cumulatively added over the next three meetings since the consumer survey, pushing levels back closer to the initial lows seen after Powell’s dovish speech on Friday. 
  • The incremental steps between meetings continue to see somewhat similar odds of a 50bp cut at each meeting (33bp Sep, 34bp Nov and 36bp Dec) rather than expectations of a larger move to start the cutting cycle before dialling back to 25bp clips. 

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