S&P Closes Out Worst Week of 2023

March 1, 2023 by Rita Nazareth

Wall Street’s reaction to hotter-than-estimated inflation data suggested growing bets the Federal Reserve has a long ways to go in its aggressive tightening crusade, making the odds of a soft landing look slimmer.

A 1.1% slide in the S&P 500 Friday extended its weekly rout — the worst in 2023. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 sank almost 2% as the Treasury two-year yield hit 4.8%, the highest since 2007. The dollar climbed. Swaps are now pricing in 25 basis-point hikes at the Fed’s next three meetings, and bets on the peak rate rose to about 5.4% by July. The benchmark sits in a 4.5%-4.75% range.

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Originally Posted at ThinkAdvisor on February 24, 2023 by Rita Nazareth.