Mr. Freeze! June JOLTs Job Openings Cool -5.4% From May, Home Price Growth Cools As Fed Tightens

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Is Fed Chair Jerome Powell “Mr. Freeze?”

We are seeing a slowing of the US economy. For example, the JOLTs (job openings) numbers are out for June and they are down -5.5% from May. And from April to May, JOLTs declined -3.2% MoM. That is a clear slowing trend.

And on the housing front, the CoreLogic HPI Forecast indicates that home prices will increase on a month-over-month basis by 0.6% from June 2022 to July 2022 and on a year-over-year basis by 4.3% from June 2022 to June 2023. But rose +18.3% YoY in June. Also a clear cooling trend.

And its “Escape From Blue States” (perhaps a new Kurt Russell movie), with home prices rising fastest in red states (primarily The South). And contiguous migration from California to Nevada and Arizona.

The Fed Funds Futures market is pricing in rate hikes until the March 2023 FOMC meetings. After all, Prince Imhotep (aka, Minneapolis Fed’s Neel Kashkari) is screaming for more rate hikes to fight inflation … caused by 1) loose monetary policies since late 2008 and 2) insane Federal government spending.

Let’s see if “Mr. Freeze” (aka, Jerome Powell) relents on Fed rate increases before the March 2023 FOMC meeting.

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