by Ryan Littlestone | July 27th, 2022, 14:43:45 | Central Banks, Fed, FOMC
Today is all about the Fed’s rate flight path, not today’s hike itself It will be a surpsise if they go anything different to 75bps but that risk is very low. What will be in focus is the weakening data and it’s effect on the Fed’s rate path....
by Ryan Littlestone | November 3rd, 2021, 10:57:38 | Central Banks, Fed, FOMC
Some final thoughts for today’s FOMC As you might expect, our chatrooms this past week has been full of central bank talk and who might do what and when, and now attention has turned to the Fed. I’ll start by repeating that I don’t think the taper is...
by Ryan Littlestone | September 22nd, 2021, 15:34:57 | News, Technical Analysis
Trading the Fed FOMC today is all about whether any news sets us up for a test of any of the well worn ranges The window for Powell making excuses to not taper, or announce a taper is growing smaller and so price reaction risk is growing. The longer he leaves a taper...
by Ryan Littlestone | March 17th, 2021, 11:20:31 | News
The market is going dotty over the Fed The only question today (again) is whether Powell is going to stick to the script or jawbone on rates. Given his recent comments, the logical conclusion (that’s the Spock reference BTW) should be that he sticks to his old...
by Ryan Littlestone | September 18th, 2019, 13:03:45 | Central Banks, Video
As we head to the September 2019 FOMC, USDJPY is looking more solid. How should we trade it from here?...