The Fed jawboning has gone well... too well. Dudley, Harker, Kaplan, Williams, and Brainard have managed to push the market-implied probability of a March rate hike from around 20% to 90% in a week. The Fed is now cornered...
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we do note that Bloomberg's WIRP function uses midpoints and is likely overvaluing the probability but the trend is unmistakable)
What happens to Fed credibility if they do not hike rate now?
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