MORE FED'S GOOLSBEE: PACE AND MAGNITUDE OF RATE HIKES WILL BE DETERMINED BY HOW QUICKLY WE THINK INFLATION IS RETURNING TO 2%

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee stated that the pace and size of future interest rate increases will depend on how quickly policymakers judge inflation to be returning to the 2% target. The remark signals that the policy path remains data-dependent rather than pre-committed, which keeps the market's expectations for the terminal rate and the timing of cuts sensitive to incoming price data. For the US dollar, the transmission runs through the rate differential: if inflation proves sticky and the Fed sustains a tighter stance relative to the European Central Bank, yield-seeking capital tends to favor dollar assets, supporting USD against EUR. The Nasdaq 100 (NDX) is exposed through the discount-rate channel, since its heavy weighting toward long-duration growth equities makes valuations more sensitive to shifts in real yields than cyclical or value-tilted indices. The next catalyst to watch is the US Consumer Price Index release, where core services inflation readings will be scrutinized as the clearest evidence of whether disinflation is progressing toward the Fed's 2% objective.

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