Fed watchers at JPMorgan, Apollo Global, and Morgan Stanley are among a number of analysts calling for a hawkish Warsh.
-If he can convince the market that managing inflation is his priority, then “some of the angst on Fed credibility will reduce,” said Priya Misra, a portfolio manager at JPMorgan Investment Management. Misra said a clear condemnation of high inflation from Warsh would result in lower term premium.
-“If the Fed is focused on inflation, term premium should get crushed because now the Fed is a lot more credible,” said Vishal Khanduja, head of broad markets fixed income at Morgan Stanley Investment Management.
-If Warsh walks back some of his comments from his press conference following the central bank’s July meeting on Friday, “this would likely bearishly flatten the Treasury curve,” which happens when short-term rates rise faster than long-term ones, according to Jay Barry, JPMorgan’s head of global rates strategy.
-“He will have to deliver something that is clearer than the July press conference,” Torsten Slok, chief economist at Apollo Global Management, said in a Bloomberg Television interview. While Warsh doesn’t need to telegraph the Fed’s next move on interest rates, Slok said the Chairman should offer his view on the state of inflation and the job market to make his priorities clear. “If he does not give any framework guidance, the risk is that that it will involve a much higher move in long rates,” Slok said. “The whole yield curve is at risk of moving higher,” he added.
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