'Fed officials are trying to balance elevated inflation and a resilient job sector with signs of financial stress caused by previous rate increases. They may pause in June to assess the situation before deciding on further hikes or cuts.'
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'We look for the Fed to keep its policy stance largely on hold in the second half of the year, although one more rate hike is possible.'
Kathy Jones - Chief Fixed Income Strategist
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#NFIB : 'Smaller US companies remain cautious about expanding, with the sub-index near record lows. This could have implications for the labor market.'
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June's post FOMC meeting analysis.
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“The simplest way for the Fed to indicate a hawkish or dovish bias is to do something. That’s always been the case, that continues to be the case.”
Andrew Hollenhorst - Citigroup
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'NFIB's Optimism Index (blue) increased 0.4 points in May to 89.4. This is the 17th consecutive month below the 49-year average of 98. Outlook (orange) deteriorated to -50%, which is lowest since December 2022.'
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🇺🇸Fed’s Harker: 'We’re at the Point, or Close to the Point, Where We Can Sit & 📷on Rates for a While. I Think We Should at Least Skip Raising Rates in June.'
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'📈 Market pricing has swung, but Fed's most likely move is to keep policy rates unchanged on June 14. 🚪 Uncertainty looms with potential dissent and impact of surprising inflation reading. Fed remains open to future rate adjustments.'
- ING
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💬 Fed's Harker: 'Fed doesn't have to hike at every meeting.'
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'The Fed isn't done with rate hikes, so we maintain our 'sell the last rate hike' stance.'
- Michael Hartnett, BofA
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'Fed Chair Powell: Rate cuts this year will not be appropriate. 'Talking about a couple of years out' for rate cuts. It will be appropriate to cut rates when inflation comes down.
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'I believe there's good reason to think the Fed's brief hiatus is likely to turn into a permanent vacation.'
- Ryan Herzog, Professor of Economics, Gonzaga University 💼 #FOMC #Fed #DecisionTime #CPI #Powell #Fed eralReserve

“He usurped a dissent by making this a very hawkish statement guaranteeing a July rate hike. That was his way of buying time.”
Diane Swonk - KPMG
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'The latest banking wobbles appear behind us, at least for now. Corporate credit spreads are not rising. Financial conditions have eased in recent months.'
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FOMC statement emphasizes the importance of assessing additional information and impact of tighter credit conditions in determining which level is restrictive enough to bring down inflation.
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'Market sentiment on US swaps pricing suggests growing comfort with the possibility of the Fed skipping this meeting, while maintaining some skepticism regarding a potential rate hike in July.'
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“Discord on the FOMC is mounting. Those who prefer to skip a hike in June want to wait and see — given the long and variable lags of monetary policy — how 500 basis points of rate hikes to date are cooling the economy.'
Bloomberg
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'Fed's Powell: We will take into account the macroeconomic implications of credit conditions and individual banks in our rate setting decisions.
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'The fear of a US banking crisis has faded, but concerns persist as some firms face distress. Money lent under the Fed's emergency lending facility rose for a sixth week, exceeding $100 billion.'
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