Home USD: FOMC Signals 2 More Hikes In ’18 In Line With Our Call But There Is Another Hawkish Move – SEB
Opinions

USD: FOMC Signals 2 More Hikes In ’18 In Line With Our Call But There Is Another Hawkish Move – SEB

The Fed raised rates and upgraded its dot plot. Yet the US Dollar did not hold onto to its gains. What’s next?

Here is their view, courtesy of eFXdata:

“As expected, the Fed raised the target range for the federal funds rate to 1.75 to 2.00 percent at the FOMC meeting that concluded today. The vote was unanimous. The Fed’s revised forecasts were mostly in line with our expectations. Most importantly, the Committee’s median forecast for the fed funds rate shifted to indicate a total of four rate hikes in 2018. This means that  our forecast of two additional hikes in 2018 (September and December) is now aligned with the Fed’s own view.

For the time being, we stick to our forecast of two additional hikes in 2019 but the Fed’s revised forecast suggests three hikes in 2019. The Fed also made a technical adjustment to the interest rate on excess reserves (IOER) to correct for the effective rate being above the target range mid-point,” SEB notes.

At the press conference, Powell revealed that the Fed will start press conferences at every meeting in January. This could be interpreted as a hawkish move  since the Fed has only hiked at meetings followed by a press conference during this hiking cycle,” SEB adds.

For lots  more FX trades from major banks, sign up to eFXplus

By signing up to eFXplus via the link above, you are directly supporting  Forex Crunch.

Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam: Founder, Writer and Editor I have been into forex trading for over 5 years, and I share the experience that I have and the knowledge that I've accumulated. After taking a short course about forex. Like many forex traders, I've earned a significant share of my knowledge the hard way. Macroeconomics, the impact of news on the ever-moving currency markets and trading psychology have always fascinated me. Before founding Forex Crunch, I've worked as a programmer in various hi-tech companies. I have a B. Sc. in Computer Science from Ben Gurion University. Given this background, forex software has a relatively bigger share in the posts.