{"id":200033,"date":"2023-12-11T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/?p=200033"},"modified":"2023-12-13T14:18:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T19:18:54","slug":"chair-powell-grinch-or-goldilocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/macro\/chair-powell-grinch-or-goldilocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Chair Powell: Grinch or Goldilocks?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Today\u2019s theme song: \u201cYou\u2019re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch\u201d, sung by Thurl Ravenscroft<a href=\"#_edn1\" id=\"_ednref1\">[i]<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s that time again, one of the eight weeks a year that we prepare ourselves for the next scheduled FOMC meeting.&nbsp; To say that expectations are riding high for Wednesday\u2019s outcome would be an understatement. &nbsp;Considering the huge changes in both market expectations and liquidity, it is important to wonder whether Chair Powell will push back against some of the enthusiastic projections for rate cuts that are currently priced into markets.&nbsp; If so, he runs the risk of playing Grinch ahead of the hoped-for \u201c<a href=\"\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/macro\/have-stock-traders-front-run-santa-claus\/\">Santa Claus rally<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember how we approached the last meeting on November 1<sup>st<\/sup>.&nbsp; Major US equity indices had just completed their third straight down month, with some ticking into correction territory, and 10-year notes were flirting with 5% yields.&nbsp; Fast forward just six weeks and things have changed dramatically.&nbsp; The S&amp;P 500 (SPX) and NASDAQ 100 (NDX) are closer to all-time highs than correction lows, and while 10-year yields have risen from their recent lows, they are still yielding only 4.27%.&nbsp; More importantly there has been a sea change in expectations for future Fed rate cuts.&nbsp; Prior to the November meeting, Fed Funds Futures were pricing in a 41.5% chance for a January hike, a 50% chance for a June cut, and three cuts for 2024.&nbsp; By the end of that week, just two days later, odds of a further hike had fallen to 32.5% and the likelihood of a cut in June had risen to 87.6%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"404\" data-src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Picture4-2-1100x404.png\" alt=\"Charges in Fed Funds Futures Expectations\" class=\"wp-image-200038 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Picture4-2-1100x404.png 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Picture4-2-700x257.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Picture4-2-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Picture4-2-768x282.png 768w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Picture4-2.png 1294w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1100px; aspect-ratio: 1100\/404;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Considering the rhetoric of the November statement and press conference, a loosening of expectations seemed appropriate.&nbsp; But we then set about further loosening expectations for Fed policy, culminating with aggressive expectations last week ahead of <a href=\"\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/macro\/the-facts-changed-not-so-sure-the-narrative-did\/\">Friday\u2019s Payrolls report<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"404\" data-src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Picture3-2-1100x404.png\" alt=\"Charges in Fed Funds Futures Expectations with aggressive expectations last week ahead of Friday\u2019s Payrolls report:\" class=\"wp-image-200037 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Picture3-2-1100x404.png 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Picture3-2-700x257.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Picture3-2-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Picture3-2-768x282.png 768w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Picture3-2.png 1294w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1100px; aspect-ratio: 1100\/404;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We wondered last week whether the markets had \u201c<a href=\"\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/macro\/markets-might-have-outkicked-the-coverage\/\">outkicked the coverage<\/a>\u201d regarding rate cut expectations.&nbsp; We\u2019ll find out if that was the case on Wednesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The November meeting did not feature a \u201cdot plot,\u201d the colloquial name for the FOMC\u2019s Summary of Economic Projections (SEP).&nbsp; In September, the median Fed Funds rate projection for the end of 2024 was 5.125%.&nbsp; That hardly squares with the 4.26% that is currently estimated by futures markets.&nbsp; (Though it is indeed up from last week\u2019s 4.07%)&nbsp; A dot plot that falls well short of current projections could certainly spook markets, and unless Powell is willing to disavow his colleagues\u2019 projections, he will need to spend a fair amount of the press conference explaining why the FOMC\u2019s views are so far off the market\u2019s.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ask yourself, which has the greater likelihood?&nbsp; That the FOMC and Powell will reaffirm the market\u2019s rosy assumptions about rate cuts, or whether they will reassert that while we have made great progress against inflation, we have not yet achieved the 2% objective, and thus it is premature to consider rate cuts until that occurs.&nbsp; If the former, then by all means remain sanguine about risk assets.&nbsp; If the latter, perhaps some risk aversion seems prudent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the way, here are some useful reminders. &nbsp;The chart below shows the current pace of quantitative tightening (QT) on the Fed\u2019s balance sheet.&nbsp; The latter table shows the reaction of SPX to recent FOMC meetings.&nbsp; Bear in mind that this week is a quarterly expiration, so the dates in bold may hold more sway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"578\" data-src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Picture2-4-1100x578.png\" alt=\"Federal Reserve Balance Sheet\" class=\"wp-image-200036 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Picture2-4-1100x578.png 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Picture2-4-700x368.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Picture2-4-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Picture2-4-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Picture2-4.png 1110w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1100px; aspect-ratio: 1100\/578;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Interactive Brokers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalreserve.gov\/releases\/h41\/\">Federal Reserve<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"709\" data-src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Picture1-11-1100x709.png\" alt=\"1 and 3 day changes after previous FOMC Meetings\" class=\"wp-image-200035 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Picture1-11-1100x709.png 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Picture1-11-700x451.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Picture1-11-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Picture1-11-768x495.png 768w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/Picture1-11.png 1172w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 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