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A recession in 2023?

The Fed has spoken by pivoting to a more hawkish trajectory for monetary policy. The FOMC announced that it is doubling the scale of its QE taper, which puts the program on track to end in March. The December median dot-plots show that Fed officials expect three quarter-point rate hikes in 2022 and three quarter-point rate hikes in 2023.


The 10-year Treasury yield is about 1.4% today. All else being equal, the Fed's dot-plot puts monetary policy on track to invert the yield curve some time in 2023. Historically, inverted yield curves precede recessions and recessions are bull market killers.

Is the Fed on course to raise rates until the economy breaks?
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