🚹 FEDWATCH JUST FLIPPED THE SCRIPT. 👀
Forget the usual “rate cut = bullish” headlines.
The real story is how FAST expectations changed.
📊 CME FedWatch currently shows:
âžĄïž 89.5% probability of a 25 bps hike
âžĄïž 10.5% probability of no change
And here’s the crazy part: just one week ago, the probabilities were basically reversed — about 58.4% for a hike vs 41.6% for no change.
Why the sudden repricing?
đŸ”„ August CPI came in at 3.4% YoY
đŸ”„ Core CPI remained 2.4% YoY
đŸ”„ Energy prices jumped 16.3% YoY
đŸ”„ August payrolls increased 162K, while unemployment stayed at 4.1%
đŸ”„ The 10-year Treasury yield has been hovering around 5%
💡 HERE’S THE IMPORTANT PART:
FedWatch is not a prediction by the Federal Reserve.
It is the market’s implied probability, calculated from 30-Day Fed Funds futures. So when that probability moves dramatically, it tells us something important about how traders are repricing monetary-policy risk.
For crypto traders, this means don’t watch BTC alone.
👀 Watch:
FedWatch → Treasury yields → Dollar → BTC liquidity
One number changes the narrative.
The speed of the repricing tells you how nervous the market really is.
And today’s FOMC decision is scheduled for 2:00 PM ET, followed by the press conference at 2:30 PM ET.
đŸ”„ The bigger question isn’t “Will the Fed hike?”
It’s:
WHAT WILL THE FED SIGNAL ABOUT THE NEXT MEETING?
That could matter more for crypto than today’s 25 bps itself.
👇 BTC traders — are you watching FedWatch today?
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