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Fed ‘Dovish Pivot’ Sparks Panic-Bid In Bonds, Stocks, & Gold

Dec 13, 2023Jeremy ParkinsonFinance0

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Between the ‘dovish’ dots and the optimistic inflationary comments (and SEP), The Fed delivered more than the doves could have hoped…Looking at the distribution of 2024 dots:

2 no cuts (4 in Sept)

1 one cut (4 in Sept)

5 two cuts (4 in Sept)

6 three cuts (3 in Sept)

4 four cuts (2 in Sept)

1 six cuts (0 in Sept)

This is the most confused “year ahead” FOMC we have seen in years
Stocks soared…
The dollar tanked…
Gold ripped higher, back above $2000…
And Treasury yields are crashing lower with 2Y yields down over 23bps now…
…to its lowest since early June…
Finally, as the Fed continues to push towards where the market was, the market pushes further away, now pricing in 135bps of rate-cuts for 20124…Source: Bloomberg
Here’s what’s odd:

In Sept, Fed saw 2 cuts in 2024, 5 cuts in 2025

Now, Fed sees 3 cuts in 2024, 4 cuts in 2025

So, is The Fed frontloading (in an election year) at the expense of 2025?Now, will Powell crush this?
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