Fed could hike rates at each of its next three meetings, Deutsche Bank says

Deutsche Bank's research team has argued that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates at each of its next three policy meetings, a path that would represent a notable tightening cycle compressed into a short window. The primary transmission channel is rate differentials and the repricing of the policy path: a faster sequence of hikes lifts front-end Treasury yields and the discount rate applied to long-duration cash flows, tightening financial conditions across the curve. Rate-sensitive segments such as growth equities, long-duration Treasuries, and housing-linked credit are typically most exposed to this shift, while the U.S. dollar tends to firm as higher real yields attract capital inflows. Traders should watch the next consumer price index release and the Fed's updated dot plot and forward guidance, since these data points will determine whether market-implied pricing for successive hikes moves closer to Deutsche Bank's scenario.

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