US rate futures jump as Fed seeks exit strategy
Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:14 PM ET
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- U.S. short-term interest rate futures jumped on Tuesday after minutes from November's Federal Open Market Committee meeting suggested the central bank was looking for a way to change the wording of its statements.-
-The minutes said that some Fed members worried about "risks of going too far with the tightening process."-
-Dealers said the minutes supported ideas that the FOMC could pause its program of rate increases early in 2006.-
-Chances of a Fed rate move in March, the meeting that recently has been most "in play" in futures, dropped to 38 percent from about 58 percent-
Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:14 PM ET
www.reuters.com
- U.S. short-term interest rate futures jumped on Tuesday after minutes from November's Federal Open Market Committee meeting suggested the central bank was looking for a way to change the wording of its statements.-
-The minutes said that some Fed members worried about "risks of going too far with the tightening process."-
-Dealers said the minutes supported ideas that the FOMC could pause its program of rate increases early in 2006.-
-Chances of a Fed rate move in March, the meeting that recently has been most "in play" in futures, dropped to 38 percent from about 58 percent-