Economics

Four Fed Hikes May Be Just the Start as Traders Boost Rate Bets

Options trades suggest bets on eight increases by early 2024
Bond market now set to focus on Fed testimony, inflation data

WATCH: Goldman Sachs says the Federal Reserve is likely to raise interest rates four times this year. Dani Burger reports.Source: Bloomberg

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By Ben Purvis, Michael MacKenzie, and Edward Bolingbroke

January 10, 2022 at 8:58 PM UTC

Updated on

January 11, 2022 at 9:30 AM UTC

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The drumbeat for the Federal Reserve to implement four quarter-point interest-rate hikes this year is growing -- and with the speed that markets have been moving, there’s a possibility that traders may soon look to protect themselves against the risk of even faster tightening.