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Aug 15 2022

Listen To The Fed Or The Bond Market?

  • Aug 15, 2022

Who’s correct? The Federal Reserve is talking tough on inflation, indicating its fight is far from over and multiple rate hikes are yet forthcoming. The bond market, though, has turned decidedly dovish: The 10-year Treasury yield peaked in mid-June near 3.5% and has subsequently eased by about 75 bps. Moreover, the one-year breakeven rate (the bond market’s embedded one-year-forward inflation expectation) collapsed from 6.3% in March to 3.0% today. Indeed, the recent decline suggests the inflation outlook could soon be back near the Fed’s 2% target.

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