FED'S BOWMAN SAYS PERSISTENT INFLATION AND FIRMING LABOR CONDITIONS SUGGEST THERE IS "STILL WORK TO DO," AND THAT BRINGING INFLATION DOWN REMAINS A PRIORITY

Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said persistent inflation and firming labor conditions indicate the central bank still has work to do, and that bringing inflation down remains a priority. The remarks point to a hawkish bias in which the policy rate is expected to stay restrictive for longer, reinforcing a higher real-rate path that tends to compress equity valuations and tighten financial conditions. The transmission runs through the rates complex, where expectations for delayed or shallower easing lift Treasury yields and the front end of the curve, and through the dollar, which typically firms as rate differentials widen against peers. Rate-sensitive segments such as long-duration growth equities, housing-linked stocks, and small caps that rely on floating-rate debt are most exposed, while the dollar and short-dated Treasuries are the most direct beneficiaries of a higher-for-longer repricing. Traders should watch the next Personal Consumption Expenditures price index release and weekly initial jobless claims, since a firm core reading or continued tightness in labor data would validate the hawkish signal and likely keep forward rate-cut expectations under pressure.

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