THE FED IS EXPECTED TO HOLD RATES STEADY THIS WEEK, WITH PRINCIPAL ASSET MANAGEMENT’S SEEMA SHAH EXPECTING A RATE HIKE IN DECEMBER AND ANOTHER IN 2027 AMID ENERGY-DRIVEN INFLATION. MEANWHILE, BRAZILIAN MARKETS SLUMPED FOLLOWING LULA DA SILVA’S RE-ELECTION, AS INVESTORS WORRIED ABOUT FISCAL RISKS, WHILE BRENT CRUDE SETTLED NEAR $116 A BARREL.

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to keep its policy rate unchanged this week, while Principal Asset Management's Seema Shah projects a rate hike in December and another in 2027 as energy-driven inflation reaccelerates. The mechanism at work is inflation repricing: higher oil prices feed into headline CPI and inflation expectations, pushing market-implied policy paths upward and lifting real yields and the dollar relative to peers. Short-duration Treasuries and rate-sensitive growth equities are most exposed to a hawkish repricing, while energy-linked assets such as Brent crude benefit from the supply-side pressure behind the inflation impulse. The headline also flags a slump in Brazilian markets, where weaker risk appetite and tighter global dollar liquidity typically pressure the real and local-currency assets, with domestic political developments around President Lula adding a country-specific risk premium. Traders should watch the next US CPI release and the Fed's updated dot plot for confirmation of whether the energy shock is broadening into core inflation.

Brent crude is the international oil benchmark, priced in the North Sea. Unlike WTI it reflects global supply/demand — Middle East geopolitics, OPEC+ cuts, Russian export sanctions, and Asian refinery demand all drive Brent intraday.

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