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Unusually Dovish Waller Takes Edge Of Terminal Pricing

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Speaking on CNBC, Fed Governor Waller (voter) offers dovish comments considering his typically hawkish position on the FOMC and in doing so unwinds an earlier lift in FOMC-dated OIS terminal pricing, with Nov dipping almost 1bp to 5.43%. It’s back close to levels seen having digested Friday's payrolls report.

Bloomberg headlines:

  • *FED'S WALLER: DATA LAST WEEK ALLOWS FED TO PROCEED CAREFULLY, DOESN'T SAY WE NEED TO DO ANYTHING IMMINENT - bbg
  • *FED'S WALLER: DATA IS LOOKING `PRETTY GOOD' FOR NO RECESSION, WHETHER MORE RATE HIKES NEEDED DEPENDS ON DATA - bbg

However,

  • *FED'S WALLER: WANT TO BE CAREFUL ON SAYING INFLATION JOB DONE - bbg
  • *FED'S WALLER: DON'T THINK ONE MORE HIKE WOULD TRIGGER RECESSION, NOT OBVIOUS ONE MORE RATE HIKE WOULD DAMAGE JOB MKT - bbg

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