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FOMC followed through its promise and hiked rates four times in 2018 and forecasted two more rate hikes for 2019. Current Federal funds rate - 225-250 bps (Note, all calculations are based on data as of 11th February)
- March 2019 meeting: Market is attaching 98.7 percent probability that rates will be at 2.25-2.50 percent, and 1.3 percent probability that rates will be at 2.50-2.75 percent.
- May 2019 meeting: Market is attaching 96.7 percent probability that rates will be at 2.25-2.50 percent, and 3.3 percent probability that rates will be at 2.50-2.75 percent.
- June 2019 meeting: Market is attaching 96.7 percent probability that rates will be at 2.25-2.50 percent, and 3.3 percent probability that rates will be at 2.50-2.75 percent.
- July 2019 meeting: Market is attaching 96.7 percent probability that rates will be at 2.25-2.50 percent, and 3.3 percent probability that rates will be at 2.50-2.75 percent.
- September 2019 meeting: Market is 5.5 percent probability that rates will be at 2.00-2.25 percent, and 94.5 percent probability that rates will be at 2.25-2.50 percent.
- October 2019 meeting: Market is 5.5 percent probability that rates will be at 2.00-2.25 percent, and 94.5 percent probability that rates will be at 2.25-2.50 percent.
- December 2019 meeting: Market is 19.5 percent probability that rates will be at 2.00-2.25 percent, and 80.5 percent probability that rates will be at 2.25-2.50 percent.
The probability is suggesting,
- Since our last review a week ago, the probabilities have loosened, as investors brace safe-haven assets.
- The market is pricing just one rate hike for 2019 and that with just 0 percent probability, compared to a 4.1 percent a week ago and 26.2 percent in the week before that, which means that the market is far from pricing a rate hike in 2019, despite Fed’s forecast of two hikes.
- The market is now pricing a rate cut in 2019 with 19.5 percent probability, compared to 8.4 percent a week ago, and 4.1 percent probability, a week before that.
