Fed’s Daly says jobs data gives room for tightening policy

San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly said recent jobs data gives the Federal Reserve room to tighten policy, a remark that signals policymakers are not yet ready to dismiss further rate hikes despite labor market developments. The comment transmits primarily through the rate differential channel: a Fed leaning toward additional tightening widens expected policy-rate gaps against other central banks, supporting the dollar and pressuring rate-sensitive assets such as long-duration Treasuries and growth equities. Short-end Treasury yields and USD crosses are most directly exposed, since fed funds futures reprice first, while interest-rate-sensitive sectors and gold, which typically weakens when real yields rise, face secondary pressure. The key catalyst for traders is the next Nonfarm Payrolls release, where wage growth and the unemployment rate will determine whether the market accepts Daly's view that the labor market can absorb further restraint without destabilizing inflation.

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