$ZEC Trump publicly stated that he will respect any interest rate decision made by the Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh tomorrow at the FOMC meeting. However, he added a half-joking remark: if Warsh chooses to cut rates, he would “respect him even more.”
Nearly everyone in the market is betting that rate hikes are already a foregone conclusion. Therefore, the real focus has shifted from “whether there will be a rate hike” to Warsh’s policy remarks after the meeting: over the rest of this year, how many more times could the Federal Reserve still raise rates? Will he overall be more dovish or more hawkish? These are the key signals that will determine the direction of the markets afterward!