🔥 US inflation hotter than expected for two days in a row. And yet
$BTC ended the week almost flat. Why?
📌 The facts (BLS, CNBC, Oct. 14–15, 2026)
• September consumer price index (CPI): +3.7% year over year (3.6% expected)
• “Core” inflation, excluding energy and food: +2.6%
• Producer price index (PPI): +6.3% year over year (5.3% expected), driven by energy
• Bets on a Fed rate hike on Oct. 28: ~34% according to CME FedWatch, up from less than 18% a week earlier
• BTC: low of ~$80,600 on Thursday, then ~$81,800 on Sunday, down about 1% for the week
🧠 How it works
When the Fed raises rates, safe dollar investments pay more. Some money then moves out of riskier assets, including crypto. But the market looked at the details: a large part of the increase came from fuel, not prices across the board.
⚖️ The nuance
• Inflation driven “just by energy” can still become entrenched
• The Fed already raised rates in September (3.75–4.00%), and many analysts are looking more toward December
• A probability is not a forecast
👤 Rokia, a seamstress in Bobo-Dioulasso, keeps her savings in USDT. A tougher Fed stance could strengthen the dollar: good for the value of her USDT against the CFA franc, but imported goods paid for in dollars could cost her supplier more.
✅ The number that matters isn’t the headline; it’s what’s inside it.
Rate hike on October 28: are you betting yes or no? 👇
Not financial advice. DYOR.
Sources: BLS, CNBC, CME FedWatch, Plainly Crypto.
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