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6 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
#Nasdaq v/s #FedFundRate:

Few comparisons of Fed's recent hawkishness with Powell's extreme hawkishness in late 2018

Nasdaq dropped 22% in Q4'18; currently 5.0% off its peak

1. Fed not really as hawkish as 2018
2. Fed has learnt when to back off. Or has it?
@saxena_puru
Few news reports from that time:

"Federal Reserve raises rates despite signs of economic softening"
edition.cnn.com/2018/12/19/bus…

politico.com/story/2018/11/…

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6 Jan
#FOMC Hawkish Minutes: #Fed Balance Sheet BS

Five topics discussed:
1⃣ Preferred tool for policy normalization: Rate hike v/s BS reduction
2⃣ Comparison with 2014 normalization
3⃣ Timing & sequencing of tools
4⃣ Size & composition of Long Run BS
5⃣ Yield Curve shape

1/12
Note: Quantitative Tightening = BS reduction whereas 'Tapering' is reducing pace of BS expansion (currently underway)

1⃣ Rate Hike v/s QT:
“Participants..emphasized..federal funds [FF] rate should be Committee's primary means for adjusting stance of monetary policy”

Why?

2/12
[A] FF rate more familiar tool to general public => [better] for communication

[B] FF gives policy buffer - easier to adjust FF rate in emergency - “few participants..noted..Committee could more nimbly change interest rate than BS in response to economic conditions”

3/12
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17 Nov 21
#JPY & Correlations:
▪️ USDJPY 114.80 ~5yr highs; last seen post Nov'16 Trump election; ~103.5=>118.66 in 5wk
▪️ JPY v/s G10 increased s/t correls=>towards 'Dollar world' (USDJPY ⬆️, AUDUSD ⬇️) v/s Reflation/Risk Off Cross-JPY moves
▪️ Recently JPY-XXX sidelined; may change

1/4
▪️ YTD Long CAD/Short JPY still best G10-JPY Dollar-neutral trade but rise in correls recently
▪️ Since Nov FOMC, JPY-XXX lacklustre; most FX actually weaker vs JPY
▪️ Since Jun FOMC (hawkish pivot), USDJPY best then NZDJPY

SGDJPY a possible short JPY, Dollar-neutral candidate
USDJPY v/s Rates:
▪️ Best & more stable correl with Nominal yld (10yr UST yield ~55% correl then 5y UST then 2y)
▪️ Some correl with Inflation Breakevens (5y BE ~30%)
▪️ Interestingly little correl with Real ylds (5y Real TIPS ~15%)

Caveat: Correl, esp s/t, reasonably volatile
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15 Nov 21
#EUR Crosses & dovish #ECB:
▪️ EURUSD claims next big fig; on 1.13-handle; most FX stronger vs EUR (chart vs Nov FOMC)
▪️ ECB to increase upper limit for cash as collateral for Securities Lending (75 to 150bn)
▪️ LAGARDE: Conditions for rate hike very unlikely to be met 2022

1/8 ImageImage
f/e Euro bond futures lower on doubling of limit to 150bn for cash as collateral=>possible easing of collateral shortage in repo mkt

But last utilization only 15.5bn (Sep monthly avg) & peak daily util 40.8bn (Jun21)

FYG
DU Euro Schatz ~2y
OE - Euro Bobl ~5y
RX - Euro Bund ~10y Image
Lagarde:
▪️ pandemic challenge isn't over yet
▪️ energy >50% of headline inflation
▪️ inflation boost from reversal of German VAT cut to fall out of calculations from Jan22
▪️ wage growth next yr potentially rising somewhat more...but risk of second-round effects remains limited Image
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25 Oct 21
#Fed v/s Markets:
▪️ Mkt now pricing >2 hikes in 2022 vs Fed Dots @ 0.5 hike
▪️ Mkt @ 4 over 23/24 vs Fed 6 hikes
▪️ Mkt @ 18bp 0.7 hike by Jun'22 vs Fed to end taper only by mid-22 implies:
1⃣ Fed to hike with QE-buy (read #Powell 👇) OR
2⃣ Fed to accelerate taper by Mar'22

1/7
#Powell @ Jul-FOMC: "wouldn’t be still buying assets & raising rates...you’re adding accommod by buying & removing by raising.,,wouldn’t be ideal"

Sep-FOMC: "buying assets=adding acco..wouldn’t make any sense to then lift off...would be wiser..to go ahead & speed up taper"

2/7
▪️ Fed starts in Nov21 at $15bn/m; end in 8m in Jun’22
▪️ But even at 5y-avg ~2.0% pa, CPI doesn't fall below 5.0% until Mar22
▪️ Hawkish possibility=>Fed gives up on transitory in Feb22; accelerates taper to $30/m to end in Apr22; first hike by Jun22; that's current mkt pricing
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16 Sep 21
#FOMC: Dive into DOTS
▪️ Besides any tapering ann'ncem't, DOTS or median rate hike projections important at 22 Sep FOMC
▪️ Current DOTS: 2022 (no hike), 2023 (2 hikes), L/T (~10 hikes)
▪️ FOMC to introduce DOTS for 2024 for first time - few calling for 3 rate hikes in 2024

1/9
▪️ Recall: Fed's surprise projection of 2 rate hikes for 2023 was primarily responsible for Jun FOMC's hawkish pivot => DXY spiked ~2% over 2 trading sessions post June FOMC

So worth paying close attention to Sept DOTS to gauge risk-reward better

2/9
3 key DOT variables:

1⃣ 2022 to show a rate hike (current none)? Need 3 FOMC members (out of 18) to flip for median to shift to 1 hike

2⃣ 2023 to show addl hike (current 2 hikes)? Need just 2 members to flip to shift median to 3 hikes - easy ask - shouldn't be surprising

3/9
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30 Aug 21
#US Core #PCE #Inflation:
▪️ Annualizing 4.8% in 2021 vs Fed SEP projection 3.0%
▪️ Last Jul 3.6%. Even if annualizes only 2.5% for rest 2021, full year YoY would still be 3.9%
▪️ Sept FOMC will have to revise higher from 3.0% towards 4.0%
▪️ Can 2022 proj be left at 2.1%? ImageImage
Core PCE MoM past its peak?
- 5y avrg 0.17%
- Post Covid avrg 0.30%
- Post Vaccine avrg 0.39% (since Nov'20)
- Post Covid peak 0.63% (Apr'21)
- Last July print 0.34%

Transitory assumption: will ease towards 0.17-20% MoM into H1'22 (equivalent to 2.0-2.4% YoY) Image
Trimmed Mean Inflation?
▪️ Powell at JH "..to capture whether price increases for particular items are spilling over into broad-based inflation. These include trimmed mean.."
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