Wednesday CPI Countdown: The trump cards of both bulls and bears are all here
📌 Wednesday at 8:30 PM (Beijing Time), buckle up.
Last Friday's nonfarm payrolls unexpectedly cooled off — July employment decreased by 23,000, and May and June were revised down by a total of 103,000. The probability of a September rate hike dropped sharply from 55% to 44.4%.
Think the rate hike is off and the bulls are safe?
Don't rush. Wednesday's CPI is the real trump card.
🔴 Bears' trump card:
July core services inflation may rise 0.3% month-over-month (previously flat) — housing and service prices are stickier than expected.
Cleveland Fed's real-time forecast shows July overall CPI at 3.42% year-over-year.
Waller has already opened the door for a September rate hike. If CPI beats expectations → rate hike probability returns above 50% → BTC retests 62K.
Don't forget, CME FedWatch just dropped the rate hike probability from 55% to 44.4% last Friday — a CPI surprise can flip this number back.
🟢 Bulls' trump card:
Nonfarm payrolls -23,000, May and June revisions down 103,000 — the labor market is cooling, that's a fact.
Polymarket shows a 63% probability of no rate change in September, Kalshi 65%. Prediction markets are more optimistic than CME.
ETF net inflows for five consecutive trading days, about $865 million in a single week — institutions are buying, not retail gambling.
BlackRock's IBIT accounts for the majority. The strongest capital inflow week since April.
⚖️ Key variables:
Overall CPI expectation: 3.4% (previous 3.5%)
Core CPI expectation: 2.5% (previous 2.6%)
A 0.1% difference is the distance between heaven and hell.
👉 Three scenarios, one path:
CPI ≤ 3.3% → Bull party, rate hike probability collapses, BTC targets 67K
CPI = 3.4% → Meets expectations, volatile wait for Jackson Hole, direction unclear
CPI ≥ 3.5% → Bears counterattack, rate hike expectations revive, BTC retests 62K
To be honest —
After last week's nonfarm payrolls, the market was too optimistic.
CME rate hike probability fell from 55% to 44%, Polymarket dropped to 37% then bounced back to 63%.
But don't forget: The Fed watches data, not prediction market sentiment.
A CPI surprise can instantly wipe out all "no rate hike" pricing.
Wednesday at 8:30 PM, don't blink.
No one knows the answer until these three cards are revealed.
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