The Fed’s “full-allotment overnight reverse repurchase agreement facility” (FRFA) – a mechanism to control short-term rates (see post) – is no longer just an academic exercise.
The Federal Reserve remains concerned about exiting the massive bond buying program that has been in place for over a year now. The program has become a bit of a trap (see post), creating a dependence on an unsustainable levels of stimulus. The concern…
Market expectations of the first rate hike have once again been pushed out to May of 2015.
The combination of the Fed maintaining its unprecedented monetary easing program at the September meeting as well as the assumption that Janet Yellen will be taking over for Bernanke would suggest that the central bank is farther from any rate adjustment than was expected earlier this year. In fact the market now considers the Fed to be more dovish than the Fed’s own rate forecasts would suggest.
Barclays Research: – Despite stronger than expected data, the market has pushed out hike expectations. … the market is now pricing in the Fed to hike to 0.75% by the end of 2015 vs the Fed’s [own] forecast of 1% and 1.8% by the end of 2016 vs Fed’s forecast of 2%.
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