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22 Mar 2023

Fed nearing the end

• Another Fed hike. Inflation trumps banking concerns with the Fed delivering another 25bp rate hike. Though its forward guidance was watered down.• Mixed reaction. Volatility around the announcements, but in the end US equities and bond yields fell with the more challenging outlook hitting home.• AUD underperforms. AUD/USD was on net little changed, but the AUD underperformed on the crosses as global growth risks intensify. The US Fed announcement and Chair Powell’s press conference was the focus overnight, and as is usually the case there was some intra-day volatility across different markets as participants digested the range of comments...

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Federal Reserve Hikes 25 Basis Points, Maintains 2023 Rate Forecast at December Levels

In today’s decision, the Federal Reserve’s rate-setting committee raised benchmark rates by a quarter percentage point and hinted at further tightening to come – but policymakers also suggested that the economic impact of recent regional bank collapses remained largely unknowable. At the conclusion of its two-day meeting in Washington, the Federal Open Market Committee unanimously voted to raise the target range for the federal funds rate to 4.75-to-5.00 percent, with no dissents in favour of a smaller or larger move. This brings US rates back to levels last reached in September 2007. In the official statement setting out the decision,...

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