#BREAKING — FED RATE CUT PAUSE NEARLY LOCKED 🇺🇸
📊 U.S. PPI Inflation: 3.0%
📉 Market expectation: 2.7%
🔥 Inflation surprised to the upside — markets reacted immediately.
According to FedWatch, the probability of a rate-cut pause has surged to 97%.
💡 Takeaway: Stronger-than-expected inflation is keeping the Fed on hold for now, impacting equities, USD, and crypto