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- The markets have been misinterpreting recent Fedspeak, a Barclays analyst said.
- Markets "have read far too much into recent Fedspeak that implied that these higher rates might have done some of the heavy lifting."
- If a strong US economy is driving interest rates higher, the Fed may have to hike rates again.
There's been a slew of commentary from Fed officials in the past few weeks suggesting that higher bond yields have tightened financial conditions, making more rate hikes unnecessary.
But Meghan Graper, global co-head of debt capital markets at Barclays, isn't convinced.