Earlier in the session, markets were confident
about rate hikes in the coming months and digested euro zone inflation data showing the slowdown was lesser - than - expected.
If one talks
endlessly about a rate hike and then faces a financial crisis, will simply saying you will delay the hike have the same impact as a rate cut?
You might have noticed a lot of headlines at the time
talking about the rate hike and how it would affect things like the economy and mortgage rates.
Depending on the severity of the underlying incident, which
brought about the rate hike in the first place, experts say a policyholder can expect to feel the after - effects for a period of between three to five years.
Asked about rate hikes in 2018, the Fed Chair signaled that the option for more than three increases remains open.
«I'm convinced that the «plan» is to go «lower» in terms of pace of buying, for «longer» in the hope of pushing out
expectations about rate hikes,» Kit Juckes, an analyst at Société Générale, said.
Strong jobs and spending data since the beginning of June are not expected to be enough to bring
about a rate hike at the meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday, economists said.
There was some aggressive chatter
about rate hikes out of the Fed, and it sent 10 - year yields from 1.6 % to 3 %, in a hurry.
ANALYST TAKE: «Markets never have been
convinced about a rate hike this year but these reports have once again tipped the balance back in favor of a March 2017 move, rather than December, while September is only 15 percent priced in,» said Craig Erlam, chief market analyst at OANDA.
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