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Oct 30 2 tweets 1 min read
Looking at a sample of 85 hiking cycles since 1960:

3 main points:

- Central Banks on average stop hiking as soon as inflation has decelerated a meagre 10% from its peak (e.g. from 5% to 4.5%)

- The first rate cut is only 7 months after the last hike

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- The median rate cut in the first year is ~200 bps

Assuming this Fed monpol cycle to be a median one and YoY (core) inflation to stabilize & slightly fall in 6 months, that would imply:

1) Fed on hold in H2-23 (priced)

2) 200 bps of cuts by H2-24 (not priced)

Source: GS

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