{"id":343102,"date":"2021-09-22T22:54:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T19:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/fed-foresees-a-potential-rate-hike-as-soon-as-next-year\/"},"modified":"2021-09-22T22:54:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T19:54:34","slug":"fed-foresees-a-potential-rate-hike-as-soon-as-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fed-foresees-a-potential-rate-hike-as-soon-as-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"#Fed foresees a potential rate hike as soon as next year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Fed foresees a potential rate hike as soon as next year<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>The Federal Reserve signaled Wednesday that it may start raising its benchmark interest rate sometime next year, earlier than it envisioned three months ago and a sign that it\u2019s concerned that high inflation pressures may persist.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.federalreserve.gov\/newsevents\/pressreleases\/monetary20210922a.htm\">a statement, the Fed also said<\/a>\u00a0it will likely begin slowing the pace of its monthly bond purchases \u201csoon\u201d if the economy keeps improving. The bond purchases have been intended to lower longer-term loan rates to encourage borrowing and spending.<\/p>\n<p>Taken together, the Fed\u2019s plans reflect its belief that the economy has recovered sufficiently from the pandemic recession for it to soon begin dialing back the extraordinary support it provided after the coronavirus paralyzed the economy 18 months ago. As the economy has steadily strengthened, inflation has also accelerated to a three-decade high, heightening the pressure on the Fed to pull back.<\/p>\n<p>Stock and bond traders <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared pleased by the Fed\u2019s policy statement Wednesday, at least initially. Soon after it was issued, the Dow Jones Industrial Average\u2019s gain for the day surged from 1% to 1.5%. And the yield on the 10-year Treasury note dipped from 1.32% to 1.30%.<\/p>\n<p>The economy has recovered faster than many economists had expected, though growth has slowed recently as COVID-19 cases have spiked and labor and supply shortages have hampered manufacturing, construction and some other sectors. The U.S. economy has returned to its pre-pandemic size, and the unemployment rate has tumbled from 14.8%, soon after the pandemic struck, to 5.2%.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/fed-chair-powell-forecasts-rate-hike2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Traders working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange \" class=\"wp-image-19544887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/fed-chair-powell-forecasts-rate-hike2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/fed-chair-powell-forecasts-rate-hike2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/fed-chair-powell-forecasts-rate-hike2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Dow Jones Industrial Average\u2019s gain for the day surged from 1% to 1.5% soon after the Fed\u2019s statement was issued.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Xinhua <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> Agency via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>At the same time, inflation has surged as resurgent consumer spending and disrupted supply chains have combined to create shortages of semiconductors, cars, furniture and electronics. Consumer prices, according to the Fed\u2019s preferred measure, rose 3.6% in July from a year ago \u2014 the sharpest such increase since 1991.<\/p>\n<p>In its updated quarterly projections, Fed officials now expect to raise their key short term rate once in 2022, three times in 2023 \u2014 one more than they had projected in June \u2014 and three times in 2024. That benchmark rate, which influences many consumer and business loans, has been pinned near zero since March 2020, when the pandemic erupted.<\/p>\n<p>Before it starts raising rates, though, the Fed expects to begin paring, or tapering, its monthly bond buying. The central bank had signaled last year that it would likely start tapering its $120 billion-a-month in purchases of Treasurys and mortgage bonds once the economy had made \u201csubstantial further progress\u201d toward the Fed\u2019s goals of maximum employment and 2% average annual inflation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/fed-chair-powell-forecasts-rate-hike3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A For Sale sign in front of a home \" class=\"wp-image-19544913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/fed-chair-powell-forecasts-rate-hike3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/fed-chair-powell-forecasts-rate-hike3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/fed-chair-powell-forecasts-rate-hike3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Fed is expected to begin tapering its monthly purchases of mortgage bonds and Treasurys before it starts raising interest rates. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIf progress continues broadly as expected, the Committee judges that a moderation in the pace of asset purchases may soon be warranted,\u201d the Fed said in a statement issued after its two-day meeting ended Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Taken together, the Fed\u2019s pullback in bond purchases and its eventual rate hikes, whenever they happen, will mean that some borrowers will have to pay more for mortgages, credit cards and business loans.<\/p>\n<p>Most economists expect the central bank to formally announce at its next meeting in November that it will start reducing its bond buying in December. The Fed hasn\u2019t hinted at how fast it will taper the purchases. But it is widely expected to pare its purchases of Treasurys by $10 billion a month and mortgage-backed securities by $5 billion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/fed-chair-powell-forecasts-rate-hike4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Robert Kaplan sitting in an office chair behind a desk with book shelves behind him\" class=\"wp-image-19545003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/fed-chair-powell-forecasts-rate-hike4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/fed-chair-powell-forecasts-rate-hike4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/fed-chair-powell-forecasts-rate-hike4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan\u2019s investments amid the pandemic are one example of some of the ethical matters Fed Chair Powell is dealing with as the central bank tackles how best to support the economy. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The tricky task for the Powell Fed is to explain how it will soon begin withdrawing its economic support while still reassuring investors, consumers and business leaders that it won\u2019t move so fast as to derail the recovery from the recession. Powell has repeatedly expressed his belief that the current high level of inflation will fade as the economy normalizes \u2014 and in part for that reason, has said the central bank isn\u2019t yet close to raising interest rates.<\/p>\n<p>But the changes in the Fed\u2019s interest rate projections suggest that the central bank is moving gradually closer to doing so. In March, the 18 officials who make up its policymaking committee predicted that they wouldn\u2019t raise rates at all until after 2023. In June, the committee revised its forecast to two rate hikes in 2023. And now it sees a rate hike as soon as next year.<\/p>\n<p>In its latest forecasts, the policymakers also indicate that they expect the economy to grow more slowly this year, at 5.9%, down from its June projection of 7%. It sees inflation at 4.2% by the end of this year, but raised its projection for inflation next year to just 2.2%, from 2.1%.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/fed-chair-powell-forecasts-rate-hike5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Christine Lagarde speaking in front of a microphone\" class=\"wp-image-19545048\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/fed-chair-powell-forecasts-rate-hike5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/fed-chair-powell-forecasts-rate-hike5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/fed-chair-powell-forecasts-rate-hike5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/fed-chair-powell-forecasts-rate-hike5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/fed-chair-powell-forecasts-rate-hike5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption> The European Central Bank, led by Christine Lagarde, said earlier this month that it would reduce its bond purchases as well.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Powell is also\u00a0grappling with a major ethics issue\u00a0surrounding the investments and trading of some Fed regional bank presidents. Robert Kaplan, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, revealed in financial disclosures that he traded millions of dollars\u2019 worth of such individual stocks as Amazon, Chevron, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and Google in 2020, while the Fed was taking extraordinary measures to boost the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Rosengren, president of the Boston Fed, invested last year in real estate investment trusts that held mortgage-backed bonds of the type the Fed is buying as part of its efforts to lower borrowing rates. And Powell himself owns municipal bonds, which the Fed bought last year for the first time to shore up that market.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman said last week that the Fed is taking \u201ca fresh and comprehensive look\u201d at its rules surrounding its officials\u2019 financial holdings. The investments were permitted under the Fed\u2019s current rules, and Rosengren and Kaplan have pledged to sell their holdings and reinvest the proceeds into index funds and cash.<\/p>\n<p>The Fed\u2019s expected policy changes follow similar steps by other central banks in the developed world as growth and inflation have picked up in many countries. The European Central Bank said\u00a0earlier this month\u00a0that it would reduce its bond purchases, though it has yet to say that it will fully end them. The central banks of Canada and Australia have also scaled back bond purchases.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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