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FED CHAIR WARSH: "2% INFLATION TARGET IS FIRM AND FIXED" — MARKET PRICES IN SEPTEMBER HIKE

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Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh delivered a starkly hawkish message at Jackson Hole on August 28, and crypto markets are still feeling the aftershock.

"The 2% PCE inflation objective is a firm, fixed target," Warsh said in prepared remarks. With 12-month PCE inflation at 3.7% and the six-month change running at 4.1%, Warsh indicated policymakers "still have work to do" unless inflation moves toward target "clearly and at sufficient speed" .

The immediate impact:

· Bitcoin fell from ~$80,000 to below $77,000
· 2-year Treasury yield spiked ~12.8 basis points to 4.36%
· USD strengthened against major currencies
· Rate hike expectations for September jumped significantly

The reversal has shifted market sentiment from "soft landing" optimism to renewed hawkish fears .

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StableSage
2026-09-02
Warsh’s words are pretty tough, but the road from 3.7% PCE to 2% is still long—just rhetoric or real action? We’ll have to wait for the data.
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DerivativesGardener
2026-09-01
The probability of a September rate hike is soaring, and the crypto market is in for tough times again.
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VolSmile
2026-08-31
BTC fell from $80k to $77,000; whenever traditional finance coughs, crypto gets pneumonia. When will this correlation decouple?
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L2Pioneer
2026-08-31
2% ironclad target? The market dipped first out of respect, and ETH isn’t wrong to follow this move.
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StopLossMuseum
2026-08-31
U.S. Treasury yields surged to 4.36%; everyone has moved their money to sit back and collect interest—who’s still playing high-risk assets?
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MemeArchaeology
2026-08-31
I’m betting NO—the Fed’s tough talk and soft actions are an old script. Why not actually hike 50 bps?
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RocketLauncher
2026-08-31
First Review
The short squeeze is over, and now macro headwinds are here—are the long wallets okay?
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