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CNBC reported on September 10, 2026 that market-implied probabilities of a Federal Reserve interest rate increase at its September meeting had risen sharply, noting that a week earlier the odds stood at 63.2% before moving higher as inflation data hardened. The broadcast script framed the Fed as needing to weigh inflation against the labour market and broader financial conditions, areas where the incoming data was not pointing uniformly in one direction. The repricing came the same day as an August producer price report showing wholesale inflation at 5.4% annually and with crude oil trading above $100. The shift mattered because a hike would reverse the direction of U.S. policy and represent an unusual move for a central bank that had spent the prior period easing. Higher policy rate expectations pushed the 10-year Treasury yield toward 4.96%, its highest in years, and weighed on equity valuations for a fourth straight session. By the following day, after the August consumer price index showed a 0.4% monthly rise and a 3.4% annual rate, money markets treated a September hike as close to fully priced.