POWELL GUIDANCE DIVERGENCE — MARKET PRICING 3 CUTS, FED DOTS SHOW 1

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FED CREDIBILITY SCOREBOARD

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Jerome Powell (Chair)

DOVISH PIVOT — RATES ON HOLD

7.1

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Christopher Waller

HAWKISH — DATA DEPENDENT

8.4

credibility

Austan Goolsbee (Chicago)

DOVISH — LABOR WATCH

7.8

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Neel Kashkari (Minneapolis)

HAWKISH — INFLATION STICKY

6.9

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John Williams (NY Fed)

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Lorie Logan (Dallas)

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Adriana Kugler

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FOMC MINUTESDOT PLOT ANALYSISCME FEDWATCHBLS / BEA DATAFED H.4.1 RELEASES

The Fed Credibility Gap

Every dot plot, speech, and press conference scored against actual policy outcomes and economic reality.

WHAT THEY SAY
“We are committed to restoring price stability. Our tools are working.”
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Jerome Powell, Fed Chair

FOMC Press Conference, December 2025

WHAT THEY DO
PCE inflation (Feb 2026)2.8% — above 2% target
Rate cuts delivered 20251 of 4 projected
Balance sheet (QT pace)$25B/month — unchanged

VERDICT: CREDIBILITY STRESS — Actions slower than guidance implied

Source: Federal Reserve H.4.1, BLS CPI Release Feb 2026

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Christopher Waller

Fed Board speech, November 2025

“If the data continues to cooperate, I could see cuts beginning as early as Q1 2026.”

Voted HOLD at January and March 2026 FOMC. No dissent filed.

VERDICT: PARTIALLY ALIGNED — Data conditions didn't fully cooperate

MK

Market vs. Fed Dot Plot

FOMC SEP, December 2025

“Median projection: 1 rate cut in 2026” — Fed Dot Plot Dec 2025

CME FedWatch pricing 3 cuts by December 2026. 2-year Treasury yielding 3.89% — 75bps below Fed funds rate.

VERDICT: MARKET DIVERGENCE — Biggest say vs. do gap is between Fed and market

These are 3 verified comparisons from this month's briefing. We score 19 FOMC officials every month.

The RE Convergence 30

30 real estate capital allocators. Credibility-scored by transaction accuracy. When Tier 1 allocators converge on the same sector thesis, capital follows.

TIER 1Highest Credibility (8.0+)
Blackstone Real Estate (Jon Gray)Brookfield Asset Mgmt (Bruce Flatt)Prologis (Hamid Moghadam)Starwood Capital (Barry Sternlicht)Digital Realty (Andy Power)Apollo RE (Marc Rowan)CBRE Investment Mgmt
TIER 2High Credibility (6.0–7.9)
Related Companies (Stephen Ross)Hines (Jeff Hines)AvalonBay (Ben Schall)Equity Residential (Mark Parrell)Harbor Group InternationalW.P. Carey
TIER 3Moderate Credibility (4.0–5.9)
Vornado Realty (Steven Roth)RE Roundtable (Jeff Blau)KKR Real EstateNuveen REGreystar
TIER 4Low Credibility (<4.0)
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Fed Credibility Report — Monthly Briefing

Month of March 2026 · The Conscient Group

VERIFIED 7.8/10

THIS MONTH'S TOP SIGNAL

Fed Credibility Stress: Markets are pricing 3 cuts; Fed dot plot shows 1. The 2-year/Fed funds gap is the widest since pre-pivot 2023 — someone is wrong.

CREDIBILITY SCORECARD

Powell 7.1 (guidance slippage), Waller 8.4 (data-consistent), Goolsbee 7.8, Kashkari 6.9 (over-hawkish).

SAY vs. DO MATRIX

Q4 2025 statements vs. Q1 2026 FOMC decisions. 3 officials diverged from stated path.

FOMC CONSENSUS MAP

5 hawks, 4 doves, 3 swing votes. Swing votes: Goolsbee, Kugler, Bowman.

MARKET CREDIBILITY GAP

2-year Treasury implying 3 cuts. Dot plot: 1. Historical record: markets usually win.

ECONOMIC REALITY CHECK

PCE 2.8%, unemployment 4.2%, GDP 2.1% — data mixed, not clearly cut-supportive.

RISK SCENARIOS

If inflation re-accelerates above 3%, Fed credibility crisis scenario detailed.

The 2-year/Fed funds divergence of this magnitude has historically resolved in one of two ways, and the probability split currently favors...

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