The DC Today - Thursday, June 8, 2023

Episode 636: The DC Today - Thursday, June 8, 2023

We are still sitting at just a 74% chance of a pause in Fed action next week (in the futures market), meaning there is a 26% chance of another quarter-point hike.

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Today's Post - https://bahnsen.co/3WZi5jG

It has not been a great week for global bonds with extra rate hikes as of late in Canada and Australia as of late and a re-pricing of Fed expectations here in the U.S. has kept bond yields on the short end of the curve higher, and even flattened the curve a tad with longer-dated yields coming up.

We are still sitting at just a 74% chance of a pause in Fed action next week (in the futures market), meaning there is a 26% chance of another quarter-point hike. But there is a 64% chance of a rate hike in July …

In the meantime, jobless claims flew up to 261,000 this week from just 233,000 last week, a large and unexpected move that we will need until next week to see if it is just noise this week or the start of something more substantial.

Links mentioned in this episode: TheDCToday.com DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

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