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Hawkishness all over the place and Fed’s Bullard Says 75 Basis-Point Hike Could Be Option. As a note, we know that Bullard is the most hawkish Fed member. A known hawk, Bullard has advocated for the Fed to raise interest rates more quickly and aggressively. As the only one to vote against the 8-1 decision in March, he proposed a …

President Bullard Explains His Recent FOMC Dissent. The following is a statement by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President Jim Bullard explaining his dissenting vote at the FOMC’s March 15-16, 2022, meeting: I dissented with the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decision announced on March 16, 2022, to raise the target range for the federal funds rate by 25 …

Fed‘s Bullard: thinking is that quantitative easing has already drawn to a close that will end in march Fed’s Bullard: this is moment where we need to share to less accommodation Fed’s Bullard: we’re missing our inflation target by more than 300 bps Fed’s Bullard: markets have done a lot of pricing in already Fed’s Bullard: this is about first …

Fed’s Barkin: Need To Think About Wages And Inflation At Different Horizons  

Bullard Says Up To Chair Powell To Decide On Timing Of Rate Hikes Bullard: Fed Credibility Is On The Line, Needs To React To Data In Way That Is Not Disruptive To Markets Bullard: Inflation Reports Since October Has Called Into Question The Idea Price Increases Will Moderate Without Fed Action Fed’s Bullard: Fed Must Follow Through, Ratify Expectations In …

Ultimate Level And Pace Of Rate Increases Remains Uncertain, Though Sees No Need To ‘Restrain’ Economy Now Pandemic Effects Still Making It Hard To Anticipate Improvements In Labor Markets, Supply Chains And Path Of Inflation Quest For Fed Right Now Is To Get Policy “In A Better Position” Should High Inflation Persist Would Like To See Target Rate Back Where …

Risk of inflation and rate increases may be underestimated by investors With Beijing loosening its policies, Chinese assets look good The Federal Reserve and other central banks may need to do “aggressive” monetary tightening to fight inflation, which could cause “significant risks” for the markets, says Bridgewater Associates. Following Jerome Powell’s hawkish comments last week, investors have moved forward their …

If Deciding Today, Would Also Prefer To Raise Rates In May Meeting Current Inflation Is ‘Quite High’ Doesn’t Think 50Bp Rate Hike ‘Really Helps Us Right Now’ Doing A Lot Here Even Though We Haven’t Yet Raised Rates’ Fed‘s Bullard: Thinking Of March Meeting, Q2 For Potential Rate Hikes, Then Getting Going On Shrinking B/She  In July And August Will …

BENGALURU, Jan 20 (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve will tighten monetary policy at a much faster pace than thought a month ago to tame persistently high inflation, now viewed by economists polled by Reuters as the biggest threat to the U.S. economy over the coming year.   Reuters poll graphic on U.S. economic growth, unemployment rate, inflation and interest …

Stock Market Withdrawal Symptoms start to kick-in and in the need of immediate help. Easy liquidity has benefited a variety of asset classes, including equities. And it become deep rooting addiction as the injection dose is at all time high, which make the asset classes fly hi into the moon. What happen when the dose of injection is decreased? Well …