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Fed hikes as GDP sinks

The second-quarter decline in GDP was not quite as bad as it looked, and with the Fed sounding increasingly comfortable with continuing to raise interest rates through a period of weak economic growth, we still anticipate that rates will peak at 3.75-4.00% early next year, which is now someway above market expectations.

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