A flurry of Fed officials speaking this week cemented expectations for an increase in interest rates next month while raising the possibility of another hike in January, which would be the first…

A cluster of Federal Reserve officials spoke this week and reinforced market expectations for a rate increase at the next meeting, while also opening the door to a further hike in January, which would mark the first back-to-back tightening since the cycle began. The transmission channel is primarily the policy rate path: a higher expected terminal rate lifts front-end Treasury yields and widens the rate differential that drives dollar strength and pressures rate-sensitive valuations. Short-duration Treasuries and money-market instruments are most directly repriced, while long-dated bonds and growth equities, whose discounted cash flows are more sensitive to real yields, face the greatest valuation pressure. The U.S. dollar is also exposed through carry and yield-differential flows against major peers. The next catalyst to watch is the upcoming Consumer Price Index release, since inflation prints that come in above consensus would validate hawkish guidance and sharpen the odds of a January move.

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