Traders Don't Expect Another Fed Cut Before June, One in '26

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Investors do not expect another rate cut before June, with the Fed's median estimate projecting only one quarter-point reduction in 2026, indicating a potential shift towards a more hawkish monetary policy.

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"On "Bloomberg Real Yield", Guneet Dhingra, head of US rates strategy at BNP Paribas, and Priya Misra, portfolio manager of the JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF (ticker: JCPB), talks with Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu about Fed independence, the central bank's monetary policy for 2026 and the direction of Treasuries. Investors don’t expect another rate cut before June, according to futures. The Fed’s latest set of projections, published in December, showed officials see just one quarter-point reduction in 2026, according to their median estimate. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Original article published by Bloomberg on January 17, 2026.
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