Fed Will Likely Pause For 6th Straight Meeting (Mortgage Rates Are Already Up 161% Under Biden, MBS Returns Terrible!)

The Fed will likely pause rate cuts/increases when The Fed reveals their plans today.

Breaking: Federal Reserve officials are likely to hold interest rates steady at 5.25-5.5%—a 20-year peak—for a 6th consecutive meeting.

With inflation still high, rate cuts seem off the table for now.

Rate decision at 2pm Washington time.

The Street seems aligned.

Conforming rates are already up 161% under Biden.

According to Fed Funds Futures, no rate changes until after the Presidential election.

MBS returns have been abysmal under Biden/Powell.