Moments ago, the Fed’s discount rate minutes for the months of March/April suggested that a rate hike may be indeed closer than some expect, because after just two regional Feds – those of Richmond Fed and Kansas City – requested an increase in the rate charged on direct loans from the central bank to 1.25% from 1% in the Feb/March meeting, this number doubled to four, with the inclusion of the San Fran and Cleveland Feds joining the group of regional Feds pushing for a 25 bps rate hike to the discount rate.
The four regional Feds, however, were overriden by the balance of the 12 regional Feds, including the Boston, New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, Dallas, Philadelphia, Atlanta, St. Louis Feds, all of whom recommended keeping the discount rate unchanged.
From the minutes:
This post was published at Zero Hedge on 05/24/2016.
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