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what do you mean by saying "perfect pricing was seen on the dotplot"? How do you interpret and actually read this?

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So basically the market was pricing exactly what was on the dot plot which was unlikely. It was pricing the most hawkish outcome when a lot of things can happen between now and then pushing rates down marginally.

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Is there a way to quantify the market pricing is in line with the dot plot? What do you look at? Thanks!

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Look at the dot plot pricing from the SEP or its on FRED. Then compare it with what the fed fund futures are pricing. This can be found on the cme tool: https://www.cmegroup.com/tools-information/quikstrike/treasury-watch.html

Id spend a lot of time understanding how fed fund futures price rate probabilities and understanding FOMC statements/SEP, statements by them

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Where would one go to understand that better? Also what is SEP and FRED?

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Sep is the statement of economic projection found on the Fed website.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org

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Keen to understand - what similar tool can be extended to single name equities? thx

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Decomposing the equity into its cash flow function and valuation function. These have embedded implied assumptions about the future. See my primer on the s&p500

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Perhaps unrelated to trading, the Fed will still cut rates even if inflation does not return to 2% this year based on the current trend with JPow’s rhetoric being unnecessarily dovish, why do you think that is?

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They are targeting the spread between inflation and fed funds. Its not as if inflation needs to get to 2% before cuts even begin. Cuts can start before we hit target but it increases risk inflation reaccelerating depending on where growth is.

https://www.capitalflowsresearch.com/p/bond-view-update

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