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Among millennial first - time homebuyers, less than half (48 percent) expected more Fed rate hikes in 2018.

Millennial first - time homebuyers are even more optimistic; with less than half (48 %) expecting there will be any more Fed rate hike in 2018.

The Fed has raised rates five times since late 2015 — and some expect two or three more Fed rate hikes in 2018.

The futures markets currently predict two more Fed rate hikes this year (source: Bloomberg).

With respect to interest rates, we continue to see a bifurcation for U.S. rates where shorter - dated yields move higher in response to possibly two or three more Fed rate hikes, while the U.S. Treasury 10 - year yield trades in a 2.25 percent to 2.75 percent range, with a temporary move toward 2 percent possible if geopolitical risks become realities.

About 46 percent of respondents to the survey see two more Fed rate hikes in 2018 and the same percentage see three.

«Strong economic momentum and accelerating price and wage gains should lead to three more Fed rate hikes this year,» Kathy Bostjancic, head of U.S. macro investor services at Oxford Economics USA, wrote in response to the survey.

Not exact matches

The Fed maintained its forecast for two more rate hikes this year, following speculation on whether budding inflation would push it toward raising its outlook to three more increases.

And as the debt load grows, efforts by the Federal Reserve to stimulate the economy with lower rates would be more likely to feed runaway inflation.

Most analysts assume Brexit will keep the Fed from raising interest rates, in part because that would put more upward pressure on the currency.

But others were reassured the Fed was not ramping up market expectations for more rate hikes.

If there's additional pressure on rates as a result of the U.S. Fed, that's just one more reason Poloz may want to hold fire.

With U.S. unemployment fairly low and prices set to rise, the Fed is clearly preparing to raise interest rates more.

But some traders had expected the Fed to clearly signalwhether it will pull the trigger on two or three more rate hikes this year.

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With the Fed likely to signal more rate hikes, Sit Investment Associates» Bryce Doty foresees bumps ahead for bonds.

Nevertheless, the Fed's maneuvering, economists say, is a tricky calibration, aiming to get its benchmark interest rate back to more historic levels of around 2 percent.

On top of the more buoyant outlook for overall growth, Fed officials cut their estimates for the unemployment rate, to 3.9 percent in 2018 and 2019, two - tenths below the previous numbers.

That's because investors had expected the Fed to signal a more hawkish outlook, such as an announcement about further rate hikes next year.

Some investors had anticipated the Fed would also take a more hawkish tone on future rate hikes on expectations of stronger growth.

But at that point, the Fed chair Janet Yellen and the other members of the interest rate - setting committee seemed to side with the idea that Trump's policies would do more to help the economy than hurt it.

The Fed's low interest rate policy has driven more and more money into bond funds as investors search for higher yields.

Then again, the more the market falls on the fear of an interest rate hike, the less likely it becomes that the Fed will pull the trigger on it in the near future, which will then push prices back up.

The Fed raised interest rates last December for the first time in nearly a decade, and at that time projected four more hikes in 2016.

«I think [the stock] reaction to his comments about slightly strong growth and that the Fed was more likely to raise rates more in 2018 than investors had anticipated,» said Kate Warne, investment strategist at Edward Jones.

Bond yields rose to the highs of the day as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell laid out a case where the Fed could raise rates more than it has forecast.

Asked about rate hikes in 2018, the Fed Chair signaled that the option for more than three increases remains open.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday released minutes from its meeting at the end of July, and it looks like Fed officials broached the subject of raising interest rates earlier than planned, but ultimately decided to wait for more evidence of an improved economic outlook.

That expected stimulus has led several policymakers to say the Fed will likely raise rates more quickly, but Powell said new policies could also ease the Fed's burden.

Bond yields rose after Fed Chair Jerome Powell laid out a case where the Fed could raise interest rates more than it currently forecasts.

Rosengren, an historically dovish Fed policymaker who has become more confident about hiking rates this year, cited Britain's vote to leave the European Union as an example of U.S. resistance to shocks from abroad.

And if tomorrow's job report shows no signs of real wage growth (which is what economists predict it won't), the Fed's case for a rate hike will start to look more faith - based than empirically driven.

Weighed against unemployment, which has dropped to a 16 - year low at 4.1 percent, that weakness has puzzled economists and made some policy makers declare the Fed should hold off on additional rate increases until prices respond more briskly.

The Fed claims this «should put downward pressure on longer - term interest rates, support mortgage markets, and help to make broader financial conditions more accommodative.»

The 2.9 % rise in December average hourly earnings «might put a little bit more pressure on the Fed to accelerate the path [of interest rate hikes], but I really don't think it's going to be that significant a push,» said Dan North, chief economist at Euler Hermes North America.

In his job as an activist at the Center for Popular Democracy, Barkan led a successful effort to get Fed officials thinking more about low - income Americans as they conduct monetary policy, often arguing against interest rate hikes in the face of high underemployment and weak wage growth.

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Markets anticipate at least two more interest rate hikes this year after an increase in March, according to CME Group fed funds futures.

Pretty soon, we will be back to debating when «good» economic news is «bad» for the markets because it increases the chances the Fed will suddenly get more aggressive on rate hikes.

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Economic growth well above expectations could be an issue for stocks because it increases the chances the Fed will suddenly get more aggressive on rate hikes.

This should not surprise anyone, since economists have been pondering for more than a year now when the Fed might raise rates.

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The Fed is likely to signal more rate hikes this year.

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell testifies Thursday, and he's expected to stick to comments that the Fed could raise rates more than forecast.

The Fed is likely to raise interest rates three or four more times this year, and that will have far - reaching consequences for consumers.»

But markets reacted more to the fact that the Fed will feel compelled to keep inflation in line with interest rate hikes.

Bond yields rose and stocks slumped after an unexpected rise in consumer inflation to its fastest pace in a year, making it more likely the Fed will raise interest rates three or more times this year.

Rosenberg thinks the Fed should start increasing rates in early 2015, but acknowledges the consensus sees it more likely at the end of next year or early 2016.

In the end, the Fed should stop treating the unemployment rate as an indicator of whether we need more stimulus.