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In a research note titled: "The Fed Will Exit in 2010", Morgan Stanley's Richard Berner and David Greenlaw forecast that the Fed will raise the Fed Funds rate in the 2nd half of 2010 to 1.5%.

They are forecasting GDP to increase 2.8% in both 2010 and 2011, and for unemployment to peak in Q1 2010 at 10.3%, and decline to 9.5% in 2011.

The GDP and unemployment rate forecasts are consistent with each other (see my post: Employment and Real GDP), but the real question is why do they expect the Fed to raise rates in the 2nd half of 2010 with a sluggish recovery?

The reason is they expect inflation expectations to pickup, and the Fed to react by raising rates (to 1.5% by the end of 2010, and 2.0% by the end of 2011). That would be unusually since the Fed historically waits until sometime well after the unemployment rate peaks.
 

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