A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan
The Federal Reserve's willingness to end its interest rate rise campaign here hinges just a few high-frequency data points over the months ahead - and April's inflation readout sits high on that list.
With markets edgy about the U.S. debt ceiling standoff and ongoing ripples from the March regional banking blow out, the running assumption is the Fed's campaign is over and disinflation underway. Fed officials are loath to admit that publicly however, preferring evidence that the inflation dragon has indeed been slayed given that headline and "core" inflation rates are still running at more than twice the 2% target.New York Fed chiefsaid yesterday it's too soon to say the central bank is done and dusted. "We haven't said we are done raising rates," he said. "If additional policy firming is appropriate, we'll do that.
If consensus forecasts are correct, the April inflation readout later on Wednesday may well force the Fed to keep that equivocal line up for a bit longer. Annual inflation is expected to stick at March's near two-year low of 5.0% - while the higher core rate, excluding food and energy prices, is set to ebb a tenth of a point to 5.5%.
But markets appear happy to jump the gun again. Futures markets show only a 15% chance of another Fed hike next month, with quarter point rate cut almost fully priced by September.
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