
"December rate hike.
The minutes of the November FOMC meeting suggest that the Fed was firmly on track to raise interest rates in December and, given the generally positive market reaction to Donald trump's unexpected election victory, a 25bp rate hike next month is now fully priced in.
According to those minutes, "while some participants expressed the view that the economy was close to or at full employment, several others judged that appreciable slack could remain in the labor market'. Nevertheless, "most participants expressed a view that it could well become appropriate to raise the target range for the federal funds rate relatively soon." And in particular, "some participants noted that recent [FOMC] communications were consistent with an increase in the target range for the federal funds rate in the near term or argued that to preserve credibility, such an increase should occur at the next meeting."