{"id":15295,"date":"2024-09-20T12:32:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T16:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-eu\/?p=15295"},"modified":"2024-09-20T12:32:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T16:32:36","slug":"the-feds-big-bang-rate-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/en-eu\/insights\/the-feds-big-bang-rate-cut","title":{"rendered":"The Fed\u2019s big bang rate cut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n    As markets widely expected, the Federal Reserve finally joined the global\n    policy easing cycle with a 50 basis point (bps) rate cut this week,\n    bringing its target rate down to a range of 4.75&nbsp;bps to 5.00&nbsp;bps\n    from 5.25&nbsp;bps to 5.50&nbsp;bps. While there was an unusual level of\n    uncertainty heading into this week\u2019s policy meeting with respect to the\n    size of the cut \u2013 25 or 50&nbsp;bps \u2013 our expectation was for 50&nbsp;bps, and therefore\n    we think the Fed made the right call here.\n  <\/p>\n  <p>\n    Back at the July meeting, according to the minutes, there was already an\n    open discussion among policymakers of whether to cut rates. Since then,\n    inflationary pressures have only cooled further while the two payrolls\n    reports released have been much softer than the Bloomberg consensus\n    expected. While Fed Chair Jerome Powell during his press conference\n    wouldn\u2019t go so far as to characterise the larger rate cut this week as an\n    effort to play catch up to a labour market that may be cooling faster than\n    policymakers expected, we would.\n  <\/p>\n  <p>\n    But whether this is a classic case of \u201ctoo little, too late\u201d remains to be\n    seen, in our view \u2013 in both 2001 and 2007 the Fed kicked off easing cycles\n    with outsized rate cuts, which, of course, are not great periods to be\n    benchmarked to. We believe the Fed\u2019s proactive decision this week, at a\n    time when policymakers could have easily justified a standard 25&nbsp;bps cut,\n    should support prospects of a so-called soft economic landing, while\n    reducing risks of a hard landing. But that, of course, remains highly\n    uncertain, and highly dependent on how the economic data develops.\n  <\/p>\n  <!-- SECTION -->\n  <h2>Cutting isn\u2019t easy<\/h2>\n  <p>\n    Given that the Fed chose to cut rates this week by more than consensus\n    surveys had expected, and that its own revised rate projections also show\n    more rate cuts in the pipeline than anticipated, investors may harbour some\n    concerns that the Fed is getting ahead of itself, and that more aggressive\n    rate cuts could reignite inflationary pressures.\n  <\/p>\n  <p>\n    While the Fed\u2019s headline policy rate garners much of the attention,\n    everything is relative. What we believe actually matters in terms of\n    economic activity, inflation, and employment is the level of real interest\n    rates \u2013 or the Fed\u2019s policy rate adjusted for inflation.\n  <\/p>\n  <p>\n    Real rates peaked around three percent in recent months \u2013 with a fed funds\n    rate of 5.5&nbsp;bps and a headline personal consumption expenditures (PCE)\n    inflation rate of 2.5&nbsp;bps as of the latest reading in July \u2013 a level\n    consistent with those reached in recent decades. But those points also\n    tended to be followed by recessions.\n  <\/p>\n  <!-- EX 1 -->\n  <h3>Even with cuts, real rates likely to remain elevated<\/h3>\n  <h4>Real federal funds rate (rate less PCE inflation)<\/h4>\n  <div class=\"row mb-4\">\n    <div class=\"col-lg-10 col-md-8 col-sm-8 col-xs-10 col-xxs-12\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/global\/fed-big-bang-rate-cut-en-chart-1.png\"\n        alt=\"Real federal funds rate (rate less PCE inflation)\"\n        class=\"img-fluid mb-1-half\"\n        aria-describedby=\"chart1desc\"\n      \/>\n      <p class=\"sr-only\" id=\"chart1desc\">\n        The line chart shows the Federal Reserve\u2019s real policy rate, or the\n        official policy interest rate adjusted for inflation, since 1988, and\n        the projected rate through the end of 2026. The real rate rose sharply\n        from a low of -6.4% in April 2022 and peaked around 3% in July. The\n        Fed\u2019s rate and inflation forecasts suggest it is likely to fall only\n        gradually in the future, reaching a level of approximately 1% at the\n        end of 2026.\n      <\/p>\n      <ul class=\"rbc-legend rbc-legend-inline\">\n        <li class=\"rbc-legend-item\">\n            <div class=\"rbc-legend-bar c-grey-light-tint-3\"><\/div>\n            U.S. recessions\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"rbc-legend-item\">\n            <div class=\"rbc-legend-bar c-sky-tint-1\"><\/div>\n            Forecast federal funds rate\n        <\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n      <p class=\"disclaimer\">\n        Source &#8211; RBC Wealth Management, Bloomberg; real rate forecast based on\n        Federal Reserve Summary of Economic Projections for PCE inflation and\n        federal funds rate\n      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <p>\n    The Fed\u2019s updated Summary of Economic Projections shows that the central\n    bank expects to take the upper bound of its target range down to 4.50\n    percent by the end of this year, to 3.50&nbsp;bps in 2025, and to 3.00\n    percent in 2026. Policymakers also expect inflation to fade back to target\n    over that horizon, which would leave real rates at a still relatively high\n    level of 1.00&nbsp;bps (3.00&nbsp;bps fed funds rate minus the 2.00&nbsp;bps\n    target inflation rate).\n  <\/p>\n  <p>\n    At the same time, if we think the Fed\u2019s moves could shore up the economic\n    outlook, we have to acknowledge that a slightly better economic outlook\n    could also mean that inflationary progress could slow.\n  <\/p>\n  <!-- SECTION -->\n  <h2>Follow the leader again?<\/h2>\n  <p>\n    Back in 2023, and amid still high uncertainty that inflation would cool to\n    the point to allow Fed rate cuts in 2024, we looked to emerging markets\n    for clues. The general thinking is that inflation tends to be more of a\n    problem for emerging markets, and therefore the central banks of those\n    nations must be more attuned to inflationary risks.\n  <\/p>\n  <p>\n    For example, the Central Bank of Brazil began raising rates in early 2021,\n    about one year before developed market central banks followed suit. In the\n    summer of 2023, the Central Bank of Brazil began cutting rates as\n    inflationary pressures dropped. If that same lead time held, then it\n    seemed reasonable that developed market central banks could be easing by\n    this summer, which they have.\n  <\/p>\n  <!-- EX 2 -->\n  <h3>\n    As central banks in developed markets begin to cut rates, some emerging\n    markets pivot back to hikes\n  <\/h3>\n  <div class=\"row mb-4\">\n    <div class=\"col-lg-10 col-md-8 col-sm-8 col-xs-10 col-xxs-12\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/www.rbcwealthmanagement.com\/assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/global\/fed-big-bang-rate-cut-en-chart-2.png\"\n        alt=\"Evolution of central bank policy rates in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, and Brazil\"\n        class=\"img-fluid mb-1-half\"\n        aria-describedby=\"chart2desc\"\n      \/>\n      <p class=\"sr-only\" id=\"chart2desc\">\n        The line chart compares the evolution of central bank policy rates in\n        the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, and Brazil from September 2020\n        through September 19, 2024. The Bank of Brazil was both the first to\n        begin raising rates and the first to begin cutting rates. While other\n        central banks are now cutting, the Bank of Brazil raised rates in\n        September 2024.\n      <\/p>\n      <ul class=\"rbc-legend rbc-legend-inline\">\n        <li class=\"rbc-legend-item\">\n            <div class=\"rbc-legend-line c-dark-blue-tint-1\"><\/div>\n            U.S. (left)\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"rbc-legend-item\">\n            <div class=\"rbc-legend-line c-blue-tint-1\"><\/div>\n            Canada (left)\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"rbc-legend-item\">\n            <div class=\"rbc-legend-line c-blue-tint-2\"><\/div>\n            UK (left)\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"rbc-legend-item\">\n            <div class=\"rbc-legend-line c-warm-yellow\"><\/div>\n            Brazil (right)\n        <\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n      <p class=\"disclaimer\">Source &#8211; RBC Wealth Management, Bloomberg<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <p>\n    So, and with that in mind, just as the Fed delivered a 50&nbsp;bps rate cut on\n    Wednesday, the Central Bank of Brazil moved to raise its policy rate by 25\n    bps, its first rate hike since it began lowering rates in August 2023.\n    Policymakers in Brazil cited growing risks around higher inflation\n    forecasts as one reason to add back some policy restrictiveness, and noted\n    that more rate hikes could be on the table.\n  <\/p>\n  <p>\n    To be crystal clear, we do not expect a second wave of inflation in the\n    U.S. or globally, but we always have to be cognisant of potential risk\n    factors. And if we used emerging market central banks as leading\n    indicators for rate cuts, we would be remiss if we didn\u2019t keep one eye on\n    how other easing cycles have transpired.\n  <\/p>\n  <p>\n    That said, one reason that upside risks to inflation have returned to\n    Brazil has been a weaker currency as the central bank has cut rates at a\n    time when the Fed delayed them. Therefore, we think Fed rate cuts should\n    help to ease currency pressures in Brazil, and therefore inflationary\n    pressures as well \u2013 so this may not be an explicit warning sign on resurgent\n    inflationary risks for developed markets.\n  <\/p>\n  <!-- SECTION -->\n  <h2>The here and now<\/h2>\n  <p>\n    The proactive decision by the Fed this week should help to shore up the\n    economic outlook, and we are encouraged that the Fed has chosen to do so\n    when it has historically been too reactive, and therefore often too late\n    in dialing back monetary policy restrictiveness.\n  <\/p>\n  <p>\n    Plenty of economic and policy-related uncertainty will undoubtedly remain.\n    But we believe the strong start out of the rate cut gates by the Fed\n    should go some ways toward staving off intermediate-term recessionary\n    risks, or at a minimum material further weakness in U.S. labour markets.\n  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After biding its time, the Fed kicked off its monetary easing cycle with a strong start out of the rate cut gates. 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