šø The Fed's balance sheet has shrunk by $16.23 billion in one week!
āŖļø CEO of Bank of America:
- I don't expect the Fed to cut rates this year or next.
āŖļø Hammack, Fed Chairman:
- The Fed is likely to keep interest rates at current levels for some time.
- The Fed should not raise the interest rate.
āŖļø Harker, Fed Chairman:
- Progress towards achieving the target inflation rate (2%) has slowed.
āŖļø Barkin, Fed Chairman:
- The Fed will take a wait-and-see approach to assess the impact of Donald Trump's policies on the economy.
- The Fed should not cut the rate until there is more confidence in the trajectory of inflation towards the target.
āļøMarket expectations ( #FED ):
- March 19: PAUSE.
- May 7: PAUSE.
- June 18: a decrease of 25 bps to 4.00-4.25%.
- July 30: PAUSE.
- September 17: a decrease of 25 bp to 3.75-4.00%.
- October 29: PAUSE.
- December 10: PAUSE.