
Monetary Policy & Inflation | US
The Week Ahead: Just a Little Fed Recalibration
Macro Hive
Ben and Dominique examine the FOMC’s updated growth outlook and policy stance following the recent Fed meeting. They analyse the resilience in household spending alongside recent supply shocks, with Dominique framing the Fed's actions as a policy recalibration rather than a full-fledged tightening cycle. While financial markets priced in three rate hikes following Chair Walsh’s presser on disinflation concerns, attention shifts to whether headline energy pressures will lead to broader second-round effects. Dominique argues that market expectations are overly hawkish, pointing to slowing wage growth and weak worker bargaining power to project a limit of two hikes.







