{"id":3691,"date":"2023-05-03T12:18:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T16:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/markets\/heres-how-the-feds-rate-hikes-have-changed-the-economy\/"},"modified":"2023-05-03T12:18:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T16:18:50","slug":"heres-how-the-feds-rate-hikes-have-changed-the-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/?p=3691","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s How The Fed\u2019s Rate Hikes Have Changed The Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Topline<\/h2>\n

The Federal Reserve is largely expected to indicate Wednesday it will put an end to its historic interest rate hike campaign, a crusade that roiled the American economy in an effort to check the worst inflation the nation experienced in a generation.<\/p>\n

Key Facts<\/h2>\n
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Interest rates: <\/strong>The Fed has bumped the target federal funds rate from between 0% and 0.25% to between 4.75% and 5% since March 2022, and it’s widely expected to bump rates yet again Wednesday to 5% to 5.25%\u2014the highest level since September 2007 and the largest 12-month increase since 1980.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Inflation<\/strong>: In the year ending March, annual inflation slipped from an 8.5% annualized increase to 5%\u2014well below the peak of 9.1% in June but still far above the Fed\u2019s 2% target.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Labor market<\/strong>: Despite the historic inverse relation between inflation and unemployment rate, the American labor market has stayed resilient, and the unemployment rate remains largely flat at 3.5% while annual wage growth remains robust at 4%; Fed chairman Jerome Powell has indicated the central bank likely needs to see higher unemployment and slower wage growth to justify a further cutback on monetary policy.<\/p>\n

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Stocks: <\/strong>The S&P 500 is down 5% since last year’s first rate hike, rebounding from a decline once as large as 18% as corporate profit margins largely shrank thanks to higher borrowing costs.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Housing market: <\/strong>Thirty-year mortgage rates surged more than 200 basis points from 4.16% to 6.43% over the course of the Fed\u2019s 14-month campaign, while the housing market, which boomed amid the pandemic, slowed considerably, with monthly existing home sales falling 23% while home prices ticked down about 1%, a rare year-over-year decline.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Bank failures: <\/strong>Perhaps the most direct impact of higher rates, the U.S. suffered its second, third and fourth-biggest bank failures ever over the last two months in First Republic, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, respectively, as the institutions proved unable to recover from higher interest payouts and amid a decline in the value of some debt securities.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

What To Watch For<\/h2>\n

Though investors are largely rooting for a decrease in interest rates to stimulate growth, any cut to the federal funds rate is unlikely to come soon, according to Gargi Chaudhuri, head of investment strategy at BlackRock\u2019s iShares ETF division. \u201cRates will remain higher for longer as inflation is ebbing but not disappearing,\u201d Chaudhuri wrote Wednesday. The futures market implies a mild decrease to interest rates as the most likely outcome by year\u2019s end, forecasting a 4.25% to 4.5% federal funds rate as the most probable scenario following the Fed\u2019s December meeting, according to the CME FedWatch Tool.<\/p>\n

Crucial Quote<\/h2>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s little reason for the Fed to alter its restrictive stance any time soon,\u201d Jason Draho, the head of asset allocation in the UBS Global Wealth Management\u2019s Americas unit, wrote in a Wednesday note to clients. \u201cThe Fed will likely be content to sit on the sidelines and hold tight for a while,\u201d Draho continued.<\/p>\n

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Fed Chair Jerome Powell\u2014Haunted By The Ghost Of Paul Volcker\u2014Could Tank The Economy, Experts Fear (Forbes<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Dow Plunges 500 Points As More Bank Stocks Crash (Forbes<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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