Fed Rate Doubts Have Options Traders Covering Both Hikes and Cuts

Treasury options traders are protecting against everything from multiple interest-rate cuts this year to a hike ahead of the US Federal Reserve meeting this week.

BNN Bloomberg07:28

The “Federal Reserve Speaker” sent a signal before the meeting: even if interest rates are cut, the days of ultra-low interest rates are over

Speculations about rising neutral interest rates have left even less reason for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates.

Golden10 Data07:14

Will US debt stir up another storm next week?

Yellen brought a “surprise”, and the bears in the bond market were squeezed?

wallstreetcnApr 28 09:31

The Federal Reserve's $34.5 Trillion Problem

In a recent interview, Crescat Capital macro strategist Tavi Costa told Kitco News that soaring debt levels could ultimately render the central bank “powerless” and “irrelevant” in the inflation fight.

FXStreetApr 27 03:06

Fangzheng Securities: The US economy is sluggish, real inflation, and interest rates on US bonds are difficult to lower

There is a risk that the current market interest rate cut of 1.4 times/35 bps will continue to fall, and there is a risk that interest rates on 10-year US Treasury bonds will rise to 4.8-5.0%.

Zhitong FinanceApr 26 16:26

Stubborn inflation made the Fed's dream of cutting interest rates drift farther and farther away, and the US bond market was sold off

US Treasury yields rose to 2024 highs, and given evidence that pressure on US prices continues, people have doubts about the ability of the Federal Reserve to start cutting interest rates later this year.

Zhitong FinanceApr 26 10:33