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🔥 Recap: Fed Chair Warsh’s IMF Speech is in the books! What now?

Warsh took the stage amid fresh, hotter US inflation data, and the market was hanging on every word. Now that the dust has settled, here is my breakdown of the two burning questions:

1️⃣ Will Warsh send hawkish or dovish signals? Will the Fed continue raising rates?
🦅🕊️ Neither extreme — a masterclass in "data dependency." Warsh played it safe by refusing to pre-commit to any rate path ahead of the October 27-28 FOMC meeting ("I'm not prejudging the meeting"). While he acknowledged that global central banks are engaged in synchronized tightening (no "free riders"), he didn't explicitly signal an imminent hike. He expressed surprise at the economy's resilience despite energy shocks from the Middle East conflict, and highlighted AI as a major long-term economic transformation.
Verdict: Slightly less hawkish than the recent CPI data suggested, but firmly committed to keeping inflation in check. Rate cuts are definitely not on the near-term horizon.

2️⃣ How will the speech affect BTC? Will the market rebound or pull back?
📈 Relief rebound, but caution remains. The immediate market reaction was telling: the US Dollar Index (DXY) slipped, while S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures ticked up. Because Warsh didn't drop a hawkish bombshell or explicitly promise an October rate hike, risk assets breathed a sigh of relief.
For BTC, this lack of immediate aggression from the Fed provides a window for a short-term rebound. The market has likely already priced in "higher for longer" rates. However, with energy shocks still looming and the path of AI adoption being "bumpy," don't expect a straight line up. Expect high volatility with a bias toward a relief bounce, but keep your stop-losses tight.

Now that the speech is behind us, are you buying this relief or waiting for the FOMC meeting? 👇

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