FOMC expectations and the FX market reaction
July 31 (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Reserve will announce their latest policy decision at 1800 GMT on Wednesday, but what is the market expecting and how will the USD and FX markets react?
The general consensus is for the Fed to keep rates unchanged at 5.25% for a 12thstraight month. The Fed is likely to mention progress on inflation given the data since the June meeting, but remain non-committal about any potential cut and reiterate their data-dependent stance going forward. It's worth noting that there are two more sets of jobs data and inflation data before the September meeting.
Interest rate futures show a mere 4% probability of a rate cut today, but are fully pricing 25 bps in September, 44 bps by November and 68 bps by the Dec. 18 meeting FEDWATCH.
The FX market reaction should therefore be muted, but FX options have still raised their short-term expiry implied volatilities, so aren't ruling out some related FX realised volatility. EUR/USD overnight expiry option premiums reached new 6-week highs, albeit below the levels covering the June Fed and U.S. CPI. nL1N3JN0BY
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(Richard Pace is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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