Fed Governor Waller discusses the signaling value of the Summary of Economic Projections (SEP)
In his speech, Fed Governor Waller explained that the September interest rate hike was due to the stability of the labor market and continued inflationary pressure, and proposed the Summary of Economic Projections (SEP) as an interest rate path signaling tool that retains data dependence. The September SEP dot plot shows that 16 out of 18 participants expect to raise interest rates at least once during the year. The federal funds futures market has an 85% probability of at least one interest rate hike before December and a nearly 80% probability of at least two interest rate increases at the March 2027 meeting.
Editorial Comment
Waller's explanation of the basis for raising interest rates in September and the SEP dot plot show that most officials expect further interest rate increases during the year, indicating that policy communication still sends tight signals under a data-dependent framework. For the gold and foreign exchange markets, attention needs to be paid to whether market pricing and dot chart expectations continue to converge, and if labor and inflation data deviate from officials' assumptions, it may trigger a re-evaluation of the policy path.
Why we picked this
沃勒亲述9月加息依据与SEP信号作用,点阵图在保留数据依赖的同时传递政策路径,可作为理解美联储沟通方式的一手材料。