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Two And A Half Fed Cuts In 2024, Pre-Blackout Powell In Focus

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  • Fed Funds implied rates hold Friday’s late decline as subdued core PCE implications from the CPI and PPI reports were digested (analysts have narrowed in on ~0.165% M/M for June after a particularly soft 0.08% in May).
  • Cumulative cuts from 5.33% effective: 1bp Jul, 25bp Sep, 41bp Nov, 64bp Dec and 82bp Jan.
  • Powell headlines today’s docket in a Q&A-only interview by David Rubenstein at 1230ET. His last appearance before the FOMC media blackout provides an opportunity to comment on the potential policy impact from another soft CPI report.
  • Without giving much away, Powell is likely to offer cautious optimism, with the key to cutting rates now being further evidence that inflation is not just headed to 2% but as per the existing guidance, “sustainably”. For now, it looks very likely that July’s meeting will be used to open the door to a September cut should the July and August inflation data paint a similar picture.
  • SF Fed’s Daly (’24 voter) follows late on at 1635ET in a Q&A on technology’s impact on mon pol.

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