“I suspect that further significant Dollar strength will require the Fed Funds futures market to start pricing in a 50 bps rate hike in March. After all, the market currently prices a very high probability of a 50 bps hike by the ECB in March.”Information on these pages contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
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Tickers for Fed Funds futures contracts include FF, ZQ, and GE. However, these derivatives track market expectations of future Fed policy rather than direct indicators of the Fed Funds rate. FedFunds FuturesContracts MarketExpectations