U.S. INFLATION KEEPS FED RATE HIKE BETS ABOVE 85%.
• August headline CPI rose 0.4% month-over-month and held at 3.4% year-over-year, while core CPI increased 0.3%, slightly above expectations.
• Higher gasoline and shelter costs are keeping price pressures elevated, pushing markets to price in more than an 85% probability of a 25-basis-point rate hike at the Fed’s September 15–16 meeting.
• The hotter inflation data could weigh on risk assets as traders reassess liquidity and borrowing-cost expectations, with crypto markets particularly sensitive to Fed policy shifts.
• $BTC and broader risk assets will be watching the Fed decision closely. A confirmed hike could pressure markets short term, while any softer policy guidance may ease the reaction.
$BTC
#BTC #Fed
• August headline CPI rose 0.4% month-over-month and held at 3.4% year-over-year, while core CPI increased 0.3%, slightly above expectations.
• Higher gasoline and shelter costs are keeping price pressures elevated, pushing markets to price in more than an 85% probability of a 25-basis-point rate hike at the Fed’s September 15–16 meeting.
• The hotter inflation data could weigh on risk assets as traders reassess liquidity and borrowing-cost expectations, with crypto markets particularly sensitive to Fed policy shifts.
• $BTC and broader risk assets will be watching the Fed decision closely. A confirmed hike could pressure markets short term, while any softer policy guidance may ease the reaction.
$BTC
#BTC #Fed
