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Divergence tracker

Fed vs ECB

Compare market-implied probabilities and forward rate paths for the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank. A growing divergence often signals shifting global macro expectations.


Fed pricing
+29 bps
cumulative expected change
ECB pricing
+0 bps
cumulative expected change
Divergence (Fed − ECB)
+29 bps
Fed is priced more hawkishly than ECB

Most-likely paths

Cumulative expected changes by meeting

Fed most-likely path
Most-likely outcome at each upcoming meeting, chained in order.
Cumulative pricing
+29 bps by Dec 9
FED
Jul 29
Hold
90%
Σ +3bp
→
FED
Sep 16
+25bp
51%
Σ +15bp
→
FED
Oct 28
Hold
81%
Σ +20bp
→
FED
Dec 9
Hold
66%
Σ +29bp
ECB most-likely path
Most-likely outcome at each upcoming meeting, chained in order.
Cumulative pricing
+0 bps by Dec 17
ECB
Jul 23
Hold
100%
Σ +0bp
→
ECB
Sep 10
Hold
100%
Σ +0bp
→
ECB
Dec 17
Hold
100%
Σ +0bp

Implied rate curves

Forward path side by side

Implied policy-rate path
Federal Reserve. Expected rate at each upcoming meeting, derived from today's probability distribution.
Implied policy-rate path
European Central Bank. Expected rate at each upcoming meeting, derived from today's probability distribution.

Cumulative expected change = Σ (pi × Δi) over all upcoming meetings. Positive = rate hikes priced in; negative = cuts. See methodology.