Yellen to guide the market towards balance sheet normalisation – Deutsche Bank

Analysts at Deutsche Bank, expect Yellen to reinforce the message from the June 14 post-FOMC press conference and continue to guide the market towards an announcement of the beginning of balance sheet normalisation at the September 20 meeting as well as a rate hike by year-end.

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“There will be plenty of eyes on Yellen’s comments around inflation too and our US economists expect the Chair to stick to the script that the recent pause is likely due to transitory factors. So it’s worth seeing if there is any change from this mantra.”