Experts Predict Fed to Maintain High Interest Rates Through Mid-2024
FT-Booth survey respondents think US central bank will remain more hawkish than market expects
FT-Booth survey respondents think US central bank will remain more hawkish than market expects
Millennials feel the sting from higher mortgage interest rates after missing the window for lower rates.
Asian stocks briefly made one-week highs on Wednesday, bonds rallied and the dollar sank on new hints at U.S. interest rate cuts, while the New Zealand dollar jumped after its central bank said another hike may be necessary if inflation proves stubborn.
Bank of America and Deutsch Bank both released outlooks predicting the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next year. The latter says the U.S. will enter a “mild recession.”
After a year of cooling inflation and no recession, Bank of America predicts interest rate cuts are coming in mid-2024.
UBS expects the U.S. Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by 275 basis points in 2024, almost four times the market consensus.
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Central bankers and market practitioners were clearly wrong-footed by the recent rise in interest rates. “Lower for longer” was the mantra until a few years ago. Then came “higher for longer” and now possibly “lower slightly sooner than expected”. Observing these oscillating forecasts, a bystander might conclude that nobody knows anything about the future direction of interest rates. And that’s how it is.
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