“Nobody can say with any certainty to what extent credit conditions will be tightened medium-term. Not even the. If for example, everything is sunny and happy again the Fed might revise yesterday’s approach towards a steeper rate path. What is of particular relevance over the coming weeks is to what extent lending by US banks will change.”
“In the end, there is still a large discrepancy between market and FOMC expectations. It has increased as a result of last week’s events and was confirmed yesterday by the FOMC: the market expects rapid rate cuts; the FOMC does not expect that it will do that.”Information on these pages contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.