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September? December? Fed's Not Commenting.

Despite ongoing uncertainty about the timing of the U.S.'s first interest rate increase in nine years, futures traders are now more concerned about the timing of further increases coming in 2016.

By Daniel Kruger, Bloomberg | Updated on July 30, 2015

The Federal Reserve needs a little longer to decide when to raise interest rates for the first time in nine years. The bond market is more interested in when the second increase will be.

Wednesday’s Fed statement noted continued improvement in labor markets while failing to provide clear guidance on whether policy makers plan to increase rates when they meet in September, or wait until December. Regardless, futures show traders are sticking to their bets that the pace will be even more gradual than the central bank forecasts.

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