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Fed Set for Another Jumbo Cut? 2-Year Yield, Futures Point to 50bps After Election

Published 09/26/2024, 07:28 AM
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Markets are highly confident that the Federal Reserve will announce another cut in interest rates at the next policy meeting on Nov. 7, two days after the election. The uncertainty is whether the cut will be 25 or 50 basis points.

Fed funds futures this morning are favoring a 50-basis-points cut. The implied probability is roughly 61% vs. 39% estimate for a ¼-point cut. Based on this data, the chance that the Fed will leave rates unchanged is virtually nil.

Meanwhile, the policy-sensitive 2-year US Treasury yield continues to trade far below the current 4.75%-to-5.0% range, which the Fed reduced last week by 50 basis points.

The 2-year yield is considered a market proxy forecast for the Fed’s target rate. On that basis, the 2-year yield’s 3.56% yield (Sep. 25) continues to imply that the central bank will reduce interest rates in the near term.

US 2-Year Yield vs Fed Fund Effective Rate

A multi-factor model I designed for TMC Research also reflects a strong case for more rate hikes (for details on the inputs, see this research note.)

The model’s current estimate of the “optimal” Fed funds rate is roughly 3.4% — sharply below the current target rate.

Median Effective Fed Funds Target Rate vs TMC Fed Funds Model

For another perspective, consider how another model (consumer inflation + the unemployment rate) relates to the current Fed funds rate.

On this basis, monetary policy still looks tight. Here, too, the implied forecast for more easing looks prudent.

Fed Funds vs Unemployment Rate+Consumer Inflation Rate

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