It seems that the FED's neutral rate is higher.
Are they going to throw the towel on the 2% target? Source: Bloomberg, Lawrence McDonald
Fed cuts rates by 25bps in unanimous decision as expected. So what did the Fed do?
👉 FED LOWERS BENCHMARK RATE 25 BPS TO 4.5%-4.75% RANGE 👉 FED SAYS RISKS TO GOALS REMAIN 'ROUGHLY IN BALANCE’ 👉 FED: LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS HAVE 'GENERALLY EASED' No dissent on this rate-cut decision. 🚨 Key changes: - Most notably, removing language that Fed has "gained greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainable toward 2 percent". - Adding that labor market conditions have "generally eased" since earlier in the year, replacing "job gains have slowed". Source: Bloomberg, www.zerohedge.com
THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY WILD MOVE >>>
The 30-year US Treasury jumped by a massive 22 basis points, the biggest spike since the COVID CRISIS. At the same time, the 10-year yield jumped by 16 basis points, to the highest since July. Meanwhile, the Fed is going to cut today.... Source: Global Markets Investor
🚨 THE SHOCKING CHART OF THE DAY >>>
THE FEDERAL RESERVES REVERSE REPO HAS FALLEN TO $155 BILLION WHICH IS THE FIRST TIME WE SEEN THIS LEVEL SINCE MAY 2021🚨 USUALLY WHEN IT FALLS IT LOWERS YIELDS BUT INSTEAD THEY’RE MOVING UP AND 10YR YIELDS FLEW TO 4.3% LAST WEEK. It was initially used to pull money out of the economy to reduce inflation. Then it went back into economy and then into equites. What's next? Source: Mike Investing on X
🚨 There is now a 99% chance of a 25 bps interest rate cut at next week's FOMC Meeting 🚨
Source: Barchart
Since The Fed cut rates, USA Sovereign risk has exploded higher...
Source: www.zerohedge.com, Bloomberg
Inflation surprises are picking up since Fed rate cut...
Source: www.zerohedge.com, Bloomberg
The BOJ kept interest rates steady on Thursday
The BOJ roughly maintained its forecast that inflation will hover near its 2% inflation target in coming years, signaling its readiness to continue rolling back its massive monetary stimulus. The Yen climbed as much as 0.9% on Ueda comments.
