10-Year Yield Hits 5.22% as Markets Price a 68% October Hike
Two-year yields are at 4.914%. They are up 56 basis points in September.
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Two-year yields are at 4.914%. They are up 56 basis points in September.
Funds are at 3.75% to 4.00%. The median dot is 4.1%. Trump and Xi meet Thursday.
A 25 basis point lift would take funds to 3.75% to 4.00%. The dots are the path.
Headline held at 3.4%. Gasoline led. FedWatch hike odds sit near 90% for 16 September.
Diesel jumped 24.1%. FedWatch hike odds moved toward 74% for 16 September.
Unemployment held at 4.1%. FedWatch still prices a quarter-point near 58% for 16 September.
Oil is feeding the inflation half of the mandate. Friday's CPI is the last print before the FOMC.
Hike odds climbed toward 70% as oil fed the inflation half of the mandate. Friday's jobs report is still the first labour test.
FedWatch prices a quarter-point near 60%. Three weak payrolls already sit on the table. Friday is the first print that can talk the Fed down.
The bank still wants September and December increases. FedWatch priced a quarter-point near 60% on Monday.
He said inflation still has work to do. FedWatch jumped from about 35% to as high as 61%. The two-year yield followed.
The Fed chair's first keynote lands at 10:00 a.m. Eastern. Core PCE is stuck at 3.3% and hike odds sit near one in three.
Friday's keynote is the last set piece before the September FOMC, with officials still split on a possible hike.
Fed holds with three dissents. BoE keeps 3.75%. BoJ hikes to 1.0%.