The Fed held off on a rate hike. Today’s GDP and inflation reports could make waiting harder.

The Federal Reserve chose not to raise interest rates at its latest decision, while the headline signals that today's GDP and inflation releases could make maintaining that pause more difficult. The transmission channel runs through inflation expectations and the policy rate path: a hotter-than-expected inflation print or a strong GDP reading would raise the probability of further tightening, pushing up front-end Treasury yields and compressing the rate differential that currently supports the dollar's relative valuation. Interest-rate-sensitive assets are most exposed, including Treasury futures, rate-sensitive equity sectors such as housing and utilities, and growth-oriented stocks whose valuations are discounted more heavily when real yields rise. Traders should watch the core PCE or CPI inflation release alongside the GDP revision, since the core components and the GDP deflator will shape whether the Fed sees room to stay on hold.

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