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U.S. rate futures price in 75% chance of 75 bps Fed hike in June

Published 05/05/2022, 12:12 PM
Updated 05/05/2022, 12:17 PM
© Reuters. U.S. one dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

© Reuters. U.S. one dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Futures on the federal funds rate priced in on Thursday a roughly 75% chance of a three quarters of a percentage point tightening by the Federal Reserve at next month's policy meeting, a day after Fed Chair Jerome Powell ruled out such a rate hike.

"A 75 basis point increase is not something that the committee is actively considering," Powell said on Wednesday in response to a question at a press conference following the Fed's latest meeting, where it also signaled more rate increases.

Rate futures have also factored in more than 200 bps of cumulative hikes for 2022 and a year-end fed funds rate at 2.85%

"There is a lot of reflection and repositioning going on after the FOMC decision...and whether the expected rate hikes were dovish or hawkish," said Kim Rupert, managing director, fixed income at Action Economics in San Francisco

"And though Powell dismissed notions of a 75 bps hike, the FOMC is still on the march and looks to boost the funds rate up to 2.625% to year-end. The Fed is still focused on tackling inflation, while growth is still decent this year and this just gives the Fed the opportunity to continue to keep raising rates."

© Reuters. U.S. one dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

The CME's FedWatch tool also showed a large probability of a 75 bps rate increase, at 83%.

DataTrek Research on Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) said: "Apparently Fed Funds Futures didn't listen to Chair Powell yesterday."

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The smart thing to do last October was to plan a 15 basis point increase monthly for a year. We'd already have .45 by New Years and .75 by now making the FED rate 1.40 with 7 months to raise it 1.10 to within 15 points of the 2.65% target rate. Inflation would have been curbed without the volatility, panic and the grifting of retirement savings by insiders. The FED members hold stay silent and stop leaking hints to the press. It serves no purpose except to increase speculation which is the opposite of their job, which is market stabilization.But what do I know, I'm a trucker with nothing bette to do than look out the window and think ups better ways to run and economy 12 hours a day.
Somebody not following May Fedspeak ??
Fed is way behind the curve. all one to look at is CPI minus repo. recall Taylor Law.
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