توقع: Fed rate hike by 2026?

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The Federal Reserve has left its target range unchanged at 3.50% to 3.75% through its June meeting, but the latest dot plot and statement were more hawkish than earlier this year, with officials removing the old bias towards cuts and pencilling in a higher year-end funds projection.[2][7][9] That matters for this market because a hike would require the Fed to move away from its current plateau before the settlement window closes, and the consensus reaction has been that any increase is more likely to come later in 2026 than immediately.[1][3]

Historically, markets have treated a Fed hike as a much lower-probability outcome when policymakers are still sitting at a restrictive but steady rate, especially when most economists and several major banks still expect no move this year.[3][12] Reuters reported that more than three-quarters of economists in a late-June poll saw rates staying steady through the end of 2026, even as some desks at Bank of America and Deutsche Bank have argued for hikes as early as September or December on inflation and labour-market resilience.[3][6] That split is the key framing: the crowd is pricing a possible shift, but the broader macro view still leans to hold rather than tighten.[1][3]

The immediate catalyst is the next FOMC decision on 29 July, which will show whether the Fed keeps the current range or signals a faster path towards tightening.[11] Traders will also watch incoming inflation, oil prices, and any change in guidance from Chair Kevin Warsh, after June’s meeting removed the explicit cutting bias and raised the possibility of future increases.[2][11] If the committee sticks with unchanged rates and does not sharpen its tone, the path to a hike narrows; if the statement or dot plot turns more hawkish again, the market will have to reassess the odds of a move before the October-December window.

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