- We expect job creation to slow
- Wages are running high
- We like to think that wage inflation will moderate, that's our expectation
- Vacancies are at an extraordinarily high level
- We have a good chance for a 'soft or softish landing', cites strong labor market and balance sheets
- It will not be easy to achieve a soft landing
- If we expect what we expect to see then we'll have 50 bps hikes on the table at the next two meetings
- We will not hesitate to go above neutral if needed
- We are looking at very broad measures of financial conditions
- Supply side issues put central banks in a difficult situation
- We are absolutely prepared to move policy to restrictive levels if needed
- We're a long way from neutral now, we're moving there expeditiously and will continue to do so
- If we do believe it's necessary to go beyond neutral, we won't hesitate
- There may be some pain in getting inflation back down to 2% but it's a bigger pain not dealing with it
- There's a labor shortage
The US dollar fell and risk trades jumped when Powell said that they're not actively considering a 75 bps hike. The market was looking for a 50% chance of that a few days ago, 22% after the Fed statement and now just 10%.
That was as clean of a headline trade as I've seen in a long while.