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PANDORA’S BOX
EVERYTHING GOT OUT. THE HOPE IS AT THE BOTTOM.
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THE ONE-WAY DOOR
In June The Committee Drew A Line At 3.8 Percent
Futures now price about 4.2 percent by December. A new set of dots lands tomorrow at two.
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The committee draws its own path. In June its dot plot put the funds rate at 3.8 percent by the end of this year. Futures closed yesterday near 4.2.
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The effective rate today is 3.63 percent. Tomorrow the committee publishes a fresh set of dots alongside the decision. The June ones stop mattering at two in the afternoon.
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3.8%
WHERE THE JUNE DOT PLOT PUT THIS YEAR
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Futures see about 4.2 percent by December and roughly 4.6 by next September. That gap is what tomorrow closes. |
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The bond market is not waiting for the dots. The ten year traded at 5.041 percent this morning, its highest since 2007.
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FROM OUTSIDE THE BOX
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A decision is one number. A projection is a path, and paths get priced into thirty year paper.
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That is why a redrawn dot plot can move a mortgage quote further than the announcement itself.
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EVERY LEAD PASSES BEFORE IT RUNS
The One-Way-Door Test
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Can it be undone?
Dots get redrawn every quarter. Loans priced off them in between do not get redrawn.
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Who is already repositioning?
Futures sit about 40 basis points above the committee’s own June path. The ten year is at its highest since 2007.
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What does being late cost?
The statement lands tomorrow at two, the press conference at two thirty. The committee sits down today.
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THE MOVE · WHILE THERE IS STILL TIME
Find the maturity date on the longest thing you owe.
A path prices paper out to thirty years, so the further out your commitment sits, the more of it rides on tomorrow. If everything you owe matures inside two years, this one is someone else’s problem. |
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ALSO GOT LOOSE TODAY
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The effective funds rate is 3.63 percent. Futures see roughly 4.6 by September of next year. |
MONEY |
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Chip shares kept falling after the call to slow frontier model development. The Nasdaq lost 1.17 percent. |
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The Senate votes on the crypto market bill today at 2:15 in the afternoon, Eastern. |
LAWS |
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SOURCES · FOMC SUMMARY OF ECONOMIC PROJECTIONS, JUNE · FED FUNDS FUTURES, SEPT 14 CLOSE · TEN YEAR QUOTE, SEPT 15 · FEDERAL RESERVE MEETING CALENDAR
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WHAT’S LEFT AT THE BOTTOM
The dots are not yours to draw. The maturity date on your own paper is already written down. WE WATCH THE BOX.
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