the federal reserves interestrate forecasts set to be released next wednesday are likely to reflect a fedfunds rate that peaks at 51 next year and stays at that level by the end of next year according to economists at deutsche bank that would be up from a 46 2023 yearend forecast released by the fed in september deutsche bank expects fed policy makers to reach the 51 fedfunds rate level by next may fridays hotterthanexpected producer prices report for november revealed that price pressures moderated by less than analysts had hoped for and left stock traders unable to make up their minds about the