BofA strategist says the Fed’s October rate hike could support risk assets
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The BofA strategist said that if the Federal Reserve October raises rates, it may stabilize long-term U.S. Treasury yields and support risk assets.
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BofA: The Fed October A rate hike could support risk assets and may become a “floor” for U.S. stocks
PANews October 13 reported, citing FinanceBiggo, that Bank of America strategist Michael Hartnett presented a contrarian view, saying that if the Federal Reserve chooses to proactively raise rates at the October policy meeting, it may not be negative for the market; instead, it could help stabilize long-term U.S. Treasury yields and support risk assets. Hartnett believes that the market’s core pressure currently lies not in short-term interest rates, but in the tightening of financial conditions caused by the continued rise in long-term U.S. Treasury yields. Recently, the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield briefly rose to 5.36%，30-year yield reached its highest level since 2002 years ago, and the market has begun to worry that long-term yields could rise further. If the Federal Reserve continues to stand pat, bond investors may demand a higher term premium, pushing up long-end yields further; if the Federal Reserve proactively raises rates and signals that it intends to contain inflation risks, it may help...
Bank of America strategist Michael Hartnett believes that if the Federal Reserve proactively raises rates at the October policy meeting, it may help stabilize long-term U.S. Treasury yields and support risk assets.
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Hartnett believes that the market’s core pressure currently comes from the tightening of financial conditions caused by the continued rise in long-term U.S. Treasury yields.
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The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield recently briefly rose to 5.36%，30-year yield reached its highest level since 2002 years ago.
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The report said that if the Federal Reserve continues to stand pat, bond investors may demand a higher term premium, pushing up long-end yields further.
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This is a conditional strategic view, not a policy decision already made by the Federal Reserve. The view holds that after a rate hike signals an intention to contain inflation risks, it may help stabilize long-term bond yields.
Why it matters to readers
Rising long-term U.S. Treasury yields tighten financial conditions; if a rate hike instead stabilizes long-end yields, risk assets may receive support, but the report did not state the actual policy outcome.
Rate hikes typically affect borrowing costs and asset prices; the special view presented in this report is that a rate hike could change the market’s reaction by influencing long-term yields.
Risks and unknowns
The body of the report is truncated at “may help...”; the subsequent content cannot be confirmed.
The Federal Reserve October The actual decision and policy wording from the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting do not appear in the evidence.
Whether a rate hike would stabilize long-term U.S. Treasury yields and support risk assets remains an unverified conditional judgment.
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