
The Fed Hiked. Now the Rate Markets Are Pricing Another One.
Kalshi prices a second Fed hike at 66 cents and a third at even money after September's hike to 4.00 percent. The December contract went from 2 to 50 cents in a month.
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Kalshi prices a second Fed hike at 66 cents and a third at even money after September's hike to 4.00 percent. The December contract went from 2 to 50 cents in a month.

Goldman raised its 2027 hyperscaler AI capex forecast to $1.4 trillion, with $400 billion of it debt-funded, while TSMC printed a fourth straight monthly revenue record and Oracle's New Mexico force majeure notice showed where the buildout meets its first hard limit.

The 30-year fixed hit 7.03 percent, its first print above 7 since January 2025, and pump prices sit 43.6 percent above last year. August PCE lands Wednesday and decides whether the Fed hikes again.

The 30-year fixed hit 7.03% on September 24, up from 6.30% a year ago. Builder confidence fell to 32 and price cuts are spreading. The fall housing market is being set by the bond market.

One Hormuz transit versus an 85/day baseline, Trump's rejection of Iran's reopening offer, a Russian diesel ban expiring Wednesday, and a Ukraine payment cliff line up before Monday's open.

Cash now earns real carry after the Fed's first hike since 2023, and a 5.18% 10-year, the highest since 2007, is repricing the whole risk stack before the August PCE gate.
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Discover what the August PCE report means for the Fed. A benign core print relieves the 10-year's pressure above 5%; a hot one locks in an October hike.

Gold sits at $4,303, down 2.75%, as the conflict bid faded. Learn the support lines that matter and what the pullback signals for silver and copper.

US spot Ethereum ETFs reversed a $140M outflow week with $270M of inflows on Sept 21. Ether settled near $2,679 as the SEC and CFTC advanced crypto rules.

SPY closed Thursday up 0.72% at 767.18, but a 5% 10-year yield drove a rate-shock rotation under thin breadth ahead of the Sept 30 core PCE print.

Kalshi's Anthropic-first contract trades at 93 cents on September 25 after Sam Altman ruled out a 2026 OpenAI listing and Anthropic's own window slipped to November.