**JUST IN:** 🇺🇸 Bank of America warns Federal Reserve could raise interest rates by 50 basis points in December after CPI came in higher than expected.

Bank of America has warned that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates by 50 basis points in December, following a higher-than-expected consumer price index reading. The forecast rests on the premise that inflation is running above the Fed's trajectory, which would force a faster tightening pace than markets had priced. The transmission runs through the rate differential channel: a larger expected policy move widens real yield expectations and tends to lift the dollar against major currencies as capital is drawn toward higher-yielding US assets. USD-denominated assets and rate-sensitive segments such as Treasury front-end yields are most directly exposed, while Bank of America's own shares may react through expectations for trading and fixed-income revenue and credit conditions. The next catalyst for traders is the upcoming Personal Consumption Expenditures price index release, the Fed's preferred inflation gauge, which will show whether the CPI signal is confirmed.

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