The Market Is Doing The Fed’s Work

Last Friday morning at Jackson Hole, Chairman Warsh made the case that it’s hard to argue financial conditions are restrictive. As of Wednesday morning, the bond market has done some of the work for him. Below shows the move in yields since last Thursday’s...

Jackson Hole: Project Realignment

Fed Chair Warsh’s Jackson Hole remarks provided the market with what participants hoped for: A more thorough view from the Fed on the economy and inflation, which appeared to satisfy investors’ concerns. Overall, I’d rate his comments as more hawkishly tilted than the...

FOMC: One Last Pause?

The FOMC left the fed funds rate unchanged, with no action for the fifth consecutive meeting, even as inflation lingers above target. No change was the broad consensus; however, there were whispers of potential for a rate hike (the market was pricing about a 30%...

Are We Hitting an Inflation Trifecta?

Every so often, you see a shift in the data that lines up with a transitional moment; this week’s developments could be that moment. We just had three instances that could change the “imminent Fed Hikes” narrative: a) Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s testimony on Capitol...

Warsh Lays Down the Law

The Federal Reserve left the Fed Funds rate unchanged in a 3.50%-3.75% range today, as expected. The dot-plot median forecast increased by 1/8 of a point this year and by ¼ point in both ‘27 and ’28. The longer-run median declined from 3.125% to 3.063%. Notably, there...