One day after the 5th consecutive miss in US CPI, NY Fed President William Dudley threw currency and eurodollar traders for another loop when he said on Monday that it was not “unreasonable” to think that the central bank would begin trimming its balance sheet in September and sees another rate hike this year – supposedly in December – should economic data hold up, ignoring the message sent from monthly inflation reports.
In an interview with the AP, Dudely warned that “the expectations of market participants are unreasonable,” when asked if the expectation of the Fed reducing its bond holdings in September was accurate. The news sent the dollar and yields higher, pushing the 10Y from 2.2050% briefly to 2.2230%, although the move was subsequently faded. The news also sent December rate hike odds modestly higher on the day, up to 33% from 25% earlier, after Dudley said that he expects another rate rise as long as economic data meets his expectations. “I would expect – I would be in favor of doing another rate hike later this year.”
This post was published at Zero Hedge on Aug 14, 2017.
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