THERE WILL BE INFLATION?

By admin | April 28, 2008
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Submitted by The Capital Spectator

The Federal Reserve’s two-day FOMC confab begins tomorrow and the tells AP: “We are entering the stage where it is time for the Fed to wind down and move to the sidelines. A quarter-point reduction is a nice segue to that transition. Short-term interest rates could stay low longer than many currently expect.”

Judging by long-dated futures contracts, Mr. Market’s calling for another 25-basis-point cut on Wednesday. The Dec ‘08 contract, for instance, currently prices Fed funds at roughly 2.0%. If the Fed cuts by a quarter point, 2.0% Fed funds at the end of the year would represent the longest stretch of interest rate stability for this series since Bernanke and company kept rates at 5.25% for the 15 months through September 2007.

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