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- The markets may be in for a major shock as the Fed drives rates up to unforeseen highs to fight inflation.
- That's according to Dominique Dwor-Frecaut, who told Bloomberg disinflation is "sadly fiction."
- Inflationary pressures are starting to stabilize and that could lead to even higher borrowing rates.
Disinflation is a "fiction," and US monetary policymakers may need to nearly double borrowing rates from current levels to tamp down hot inflation, a move that would rock markets, according to a strategist at financial research firm Macro Hive.
The Federal Reserve may find itself driving up the key Fed funds rate to 8%, says Dominique Dwor-Frecaut, senior macro strategist at Macro Hive. An 8% rate is much higher than the current range of 4.5%-4.75%, and it hasn't been that high since 1985.