JP Morgan Says Fed to Hike at a Faster Pace Next Year

The Federal Reserve could increase a key short-term interest rate to as much as 2 percent by the end of next year, JPMorgan Chief U.S. Economist Michael Feroli said Thursday, a day after the central bank concluded its two-day meeting hinting of a monetary tightening later this year.

The fed funds rate will “probably be more like 1.75 percent to 2 percent” by the end of 2016, Feroli said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”

“If we get to 2 percent, that would be accommodative by normal measures.” To get there, he said, the Fed could hike rates “every other meeting perhaps” once the tightening cycle begins.

The Fed policy statement released Wednesday afternoon and subsequent news conference with central bank Chair Janet Yellen provided indications that near-zero percent rates are on track to move higher for the first time since 2006 sometime this year, with possibly two moves in store.

via CNBC

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