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Overview: Mon, March 17

Daily Agenda

Time Indicator/Event Comment
08:30Retail salesSharp rebound expected in February
08:30Empire State mfgMay give back some of last month's improvement
10:00Business inventoriesMild increase expected in January
10:00NAHB indexSteady at a low level this month
11:00Treasury buyback announcement (liq support)Nominal coupons 7Y to 10Y
11:3013- and 26-wk bill auction$76 billion and $68 billion respectively

Intraday Updates

US Economy

Federal Reserve and the Overnight Market

Treasury Finance

This Week's MMO

  • MMO for March 17, 2025

     

    There’s a lot to cover this week.  We don’t expect any material changes in the Fed’s baseline policy outlook, but we’ll be on the lookout for hints about how it would respond if risks to its growth and price stability objectives come into conflict.  With respect to the balance sheet, we cannot rule out the possibility that the Fed might slow the pace of runoffs this week, but we think a strong case can be made for waiting at least one more meeting to decide whether a temporary adjustment is actually necessary.  Separately, the Treasury’s debt ceiling letter to Congress on Friday afternoon effectively took the risk of a Q2 X-date deadline off the table.  And, despite our recent uninspiring track record on cash management bill forecasts, we’re going to try again.  We now expect the next off-cycle CMB to be issued in the first week of April.

MMO Analysis