Fed Funds Expected Trajectory, And Other Rates

CME FedWatch data signals a likely 25 bps rate hike by year-end as the Fed battles persistent inflation. Treasury yields across the curve remain elevated, suggesting markets are braced for a continued hawkish stance.

Here’s the CME’s Fedwatch implied path for the Fed funds rate as of noon CT today:

Figure 1: Effective Fed funds (bold blue), 3 month Treasury yield (red), 10 year (green), 30 year (black), all constant maturity yields, in %. Dashed green line at US-Iran war start. Source: Treasury, Federal Reserve. 

Here’s a detail:

Figure 2: Effective Fed funds (bold blue), 3 month Treasury yield (red), 10 year (green), 30 year (black), all constant maturity yields, in %. Dashed green line at US-Iran war start. Source: Treasury, Federal Reserve. 

Modal prediction is for another 25 bps Fed funds increase by year’s end.

It doesn’t look like a 25 bps increase quieted inflation expectations completely, although the 5 year IC breakeven dropped 5 bps.

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