(Bloomberg) As Federal Reserve officials prepare for an in-depth conversation about its balance sheet at next week’s meeting, Wall Street strategists can only agree that all of the plans being discussed by the central bank carry some growing risks.Most Read from BloombergOne of the Most Infamous Trades on Wall Street Is Roaring BackStock Traders Bracing for Worst Shrug Off Hot CPI: Markets WrapUS Core Inflation Tops Forecasts Again, Reinforcing Fed CautionChina Has Never Canceled This Many Sh
by Tyler Durden
Monday, Apr 26, 2021 - 02:59 PM
When it comes to the Fed s Wednesday FOMC statement, economists agree that this meeting should largely serve as a status check of the economic recovery relative to the substantial forecast upgrades that the FOMC unveiled at their March meeting, but things will then heat up in the summer and certainly the fall, when Powell may have no choice but to address the roaring inflation and - gasp - even hint at a taper, risking another bond (and stock) market tantrum.
In any event, after the Bank of Canada became the taper trial balloon when it said last week it would scale back its purchases of government debt and accelerate the timetable for a possible rate increase, the Fed is expected to begin trimming its $120 billion in monthly asset purchases before the end of the year as the US economy recovers strongly from Covid-19, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg. That’s a bit earlier than forecast in the March survey but leave