*BARKIN SAYS INFLATION IS FED'S MOST IMPORTANT RISK NOW

Richmond Fed President Thomas Barkin has stated that inflation, rather than labor market weakness or other factors, now represents the Federal Reserve's most important risk. The emphasis signals that policymakers may keep the policy rate higher for longer than markets priced when inflation was expected to decline more steadily, which tightens financial conditions through the real rate channel. A higher-for-longer path typically lifts Treasury yields at the front and middle of the curve, narrows the expected rate-cut path embedded in futures, and strengthens the dollar relative to currencies whose central banks are closer to easing. Rate-sensitive segments such as long-duration equities, housing-linked assets, and high-leverage credit tend to be most exposed to this repricing. Traders should watch the next Consumer Price Index release and the core PCE deflator, since upside surprises in either would likely validate Barkin's concern and push the terminal-rate debate further out.

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