US: Fed’s Brainard comments in focus this week – TDS

Research Team at TDS, suggests that there will not be much in the way of data to start the week, with no releases on Monday and only the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index on Tuesday.

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“There will be three more Fed speakers however, and we will be particularly interested to hear Governor Brainard’s comments ahead of the FOMC’s blackout period on Tuesday. As a permanent voting member of the FOMC, Brainard’s words will carry extra weight—particularly given her reputation as one of the more dovish member of the committee. If Brainard appears to endorse some of the more hawkish recent musings from Fed speakers, markets will interpret it as one of the strongest signals yet that the FOMC intends to tighten before the end of the year.”