- Fed speakers in the limelight ahead of Sept' meeting.
- Fed's Daly is in a "watch and see" position on monetary policy right now.
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Mary Daly, who is speaking at the RBNZ / IMF conference in New Zealand, has said that she is in a "watch and see" position on monetary policy right now.
Key comments:
- Saw July rate cut as a recalibration of policy, to be slightly accommodative.
- Says I'm convinced using our tools early and pre-emptively is better than waiting.
- Better to avoid the ditch rather than digging yourself out of the ditch.
- Says US growing at solid pace, business investments off but overall economy growing.
- Economy is well positioned to continue to grow slightly above trend, reach inflation target.
- Concerned about not achieving our 2 % inflation target.
- Headwinds include uncertainty, global growth slowdown.
Earlier, Daly warned of the dangers of keeping interest rates very low for a long time, saying there was no free lunch. President Trump on the other hand tweeted that the Fed “cannot “mentally” keep up with the competition –other countries”.
FX implications:
The Fed is a major risk to the FX space and the September meeting is around the corner. The bond market is pricing in a disaster in financial markets and there is no let up in rising prices. The US 2-year Treasury yields edged down again overnight by 2basis point to 1.50% while the 10-year yield ranged between 1.45% and 1.48%. "Markets are pricing 26bp of easing at the 19 September Fed meeting, and a terminal rate of 0.92% (Fed funds rate currently 2.13%)," analysts at Westpac noted.
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