One and Done?
Last week the market received the news that inflation figures came in cooler than expected. Core CPI data was in line with predictions at 5.6%, higher than the previous reading of 5.5%. However, headline CPI came in at 5%, lower than the expected 5.1%. As such, risk assets began to rally. Due to the Fed’s data dependency, one would expect that these figures would significantly increase the likelihood of the Fed pausing rate hikes in…