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HYPERLIQUID SURPASSES NASDAQ AND LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE IN MARKET VALUATION - INFINITYHEDGE

It's time?

(Trump: "Fed making a mistake because I have a gut, and my gut tells me more sometimes than anybody else’s brain can ever tell me.........So far, I’m not even a little bit happy with my selection of (warsh). Not even a little bit. And I’m not blaming anybody, but I’m just....)

FED DOT PLOT:

FED: 16 OFFICIALS PROJECT AT LEAST ONE MORE RATE HIKE IN 2026

FED OFFICIALS SEE DEC 26, DEC 27 UNEMPLOYMENT OF 4.1%, VERSUS 4.3% PREVIOUSLY

FED OFFICIALS SEE CORE PCE INFLATION OF 3.4% IN DEC 26, 2.5% IN DEC 27

FOMC STATEMENT

FED: UNANIMOUS 12-0 VOTE ON POLICY ACTION

FED: DROPS REFERENCE TO SUPPLY SHOCKS DRIVING INFLATION

FED: NOW SAYS POLICY ACTION WILL SUPPORT TIMELIER RETURN TO 2 PERCENT GOAL

FED: REPLACES MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT WITH GEOPOLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS

FED RAISES INTEREST RATE

CRYPTO 'CLARITY ACT' ODDS DROPS BELOW 10% ON POLYMARKET FOR THE FIRST TIME: INFINITYHEDGE

DEMOCRATS CLARITY ACT COUNTERPROPOSAL WHICH REPUBLICANS REJECTED EARLIER

DEMOCRATS CLARITY ACT COUNTER-OFFER REJECTED BY REPUBLICANS: PUNCHBOWL

SEN LUMMIS SPOKESPERSON SAID DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT BUDGED AN INCH

BOND SELLOFF DEEPENS

US10Y YIELDS RISE ABOVE 5%, HIGHEST SINCE 2007

US30Y YIELDS ABOVE 5.4%, HIGHEST SINCE 2004

JAPAN 10Y YIELD RISES TO 3%, HIGHEST SINCE 1996

UK10Y YIELDS RISE ABOVE 5.4%, HIGHEST SINCE 2007

FRANCE 10Y YIELD RISES ABOVE 4.5%, HIGHEST SINCE 2008

GERMANY 10Y YIELD RISES TO 3.5%, HIGHEST SINCE 2009: INFINITYHEDGE

US 30-YEAR YIELD RISES ABOVE 5.39%, HIGHEST SINCE 2004

TRADERS NOW SEE ABOUT A 90% CHANCE OF A FED RATE HIKE NEXT WEEK AFTER CPI DATA

US AUG CPI RISES 0.4% M/M (EST. +0.4%)
US AUG CPI RISES 3.4% Y/Y (EST. +3.4%)
US AUG CORE CPI RISES 0.3% M/M (EST. +0.2%)
US AUG CORE CPI RISES 2.4% Y/Y (EST. +2.4%)

CPI DAY: INFINITYHEDGE

Median Forecast:
*headline: 0.38% vs 0.07% M/M prev.
*headline: 3.4% vs 3.4% Y/Y
*Core CPI: 0.22% vs 0.22% M/M
*Core CPI: 2.4% vs 2.5% Y/Y

Core MoM read:
> 0.25%: hot
0.20 to 0.25%: in-line
< 0.20%: cool

*Nomura: ..pace of increase in consumer electronic prices appears to have slowed in Aug... This suggests inflationary pressure from global shortages of semiconductors was limited.

*Citi: we expect our forecast for 0.18%MoM increase: the yoy reading falling to 2.3% will be a clear enough slowing in inflation that Fed officials will leave rates unchanged.

*GS:
- Looking beyond Aug, we expect monthly core CPI increases of around 0.2% for the next couple of
months, reflecting the continued slowdown in the shelter categories and shrinking contributions from tariff related price increases, though risks are tilted to the upside if disruptions to oil markets and associated oil
price increases prove more persistent than expected.
- upcoming PCE changes: Recent methodological changes mean that (1) the portfolio management PPI is no longer an input into the PCE calculation, (2) the PPIs for data processing services & videogame software will now be combined with the CPI software & accessories component to construct PCE software & accessories, and (3) the PPI for legal services will replace the CPI for legal services as the source data for PCE legal services. The medical services and domestic passenger airfares components in the PPI report will still be relevant for PCE tracking.

*BE expects headline inflation at 3.4% yoy, while the core metric ticks down to 2.4% — leaving central bankers US Core CPI to Fall to 2.4%, Lowest Since 2021 this month.

*A majority of economists see the Fed holding rates steady at this month’s meeting & through the end of 2027, even as market odds for a rate hike have increased, acc. to a BBG survey. [polled Sept. 4-9]

*About 70% of economists, 65 of 93, in the Sept 4-9 RTRS poll expect the rate to remain in the 3.50%-3.75% range next week. That reading is down from 90% in Aug.

*Traders price about 70% chance for hike

*Equity markets will most likely be driven by bond yields & oil prices for the next coming days. There is no panic at the moment, but one can feel some concerns rising on second-round inflation even if we’re not there yet" (Raphael T)

*Houthis have seized control of Mayun Island & completed their control of the Bab al-Mandab Strait, threatening deeper disruption to a second route for shipments from the Middle East.

*UAE revises AI data center plan after Iranian attacks, Originally envisaged as a 10-square-mile campus in Abu Dhabi, the project will ‌now likely comprise a network of data centers spread across the UAE (Musk Take Note): infinityhedge

*A soft number on Friday would validate Fed staff projections that monthly inflation readings should decelerate to levels consistent with 2% inflation now that tariff effects have worked through the system. A hot number would say the opposite—that the summer’s improvement didn’t stick—and leave Warsh little room to hold.

[economists expecting a hold vs traders pricing a hike]

Rate HIKE OR Hawkish HOLD.

US 30Y YIELD RISES ABOVE 5.34%, ERASES BESSENT'S INTERVENTION DROP

US10Y YIELD HITS 4.9%, HIGHEST SINCE NOV 2023: INFINITYHEDGE

US02Y YIELD CLIMBS ABOVE 4.5%, HIGHEST SINCE JULY 2024

TRADERS FULLY PRICE IN FED RATE HIKE IN OCTOBER AFTER PPI DATA

OIL > 100

US AUG NONFARM PAYROLLS +162K (EST. +56K)
US AUG UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4.1% (EST. 4.1%)
US AUG AVG HOURLY EARNINGS RISES 0.3% M/M (EST. +0.3%)
US AUG AVG HOURLY EARNINGS RISES 3.1% Y/Y (EST. +3.0%)

US AUGUST NFP 162K

NORTH KOREAN HACKERS ARE MOVING MONEY THROUGH HYPERLIQUID, SELLING MORE THAN $30 MILLION IN BITCOIN ON THE DERIVATIVES TRADING PLATFORM IN THE PAST THREE WEEKS: COINDESK

FED'S WARSH: I BELIEVE LABOR MARKETS ARE CONSISTENT WITH FULL EMPLOYMENT

WARSH: INFLATION DATA DON’T SUGGEST TREND MEANINGFULLY IMPROVED

US JUL CPI RISES 0.1% M/M (EST. +0.1%)
US JUL CPI RISES 3.4% Y/Y (EST. +3.4%)
US JUL CORE CPI RISES 0.2% M/M (EST. +0.2%)
US JUL CORE CPI RISES 2.5% Y/Y (EST. +2.5%)