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    September Rate Hike Odds Plunge to 44% After July Job Losses

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    September Rate Hike Odds Plunge to 44% After July Job Losses

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    The July employment data has fundamentally shifted the Fed's decision matrix. With 23,000 jobs lost, the previous narrative of a resilient labor market is under pressure. This has led to a sharp decline in the CME FedWatch-implied probability of a September hike, now sitting at 44%. Investors are now weighing the risk of a policy error if the Fed continues to tighten into a weakening economy. The upcoming session will likely see high sensitivity to any Fed commentary regarding the labor-inflation trade-off.

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    Market Ontology
    Evidence through
    2026-08-13
    Published
    2026-10-20
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    1 · 2026-10-20

    Cite as: Market Ontology, “September Rate Hike Odds Plunge to 44% After July Job Losses”, revision 1, evidence through 2026-08-13. https://marketontology.com/market-events/2026-08-13/september-rate-hike-odds-plunge-to-44-after-july-job-losses-31c36b

    POLICY
    September Rate Hike Odds Plunge to 44% After July Job Losses
    The July employment data has fundamentally shifted the Fed's decision matrix. With 23,000 jobs lost, the previous narrative of a resilient labor market is under pressure. This has led to a sharp decline in the CME FedWatch-implied probability of a September hike, now sitting at 44%. Investors are now weighing the risk of a policy error if the Fed continues to tighten into a weakening economy. The upcoming session will likely see high sensitivity to any Fed commentary regarding the labor-inflation trade-off.
    CME
    Impact
    91
    AUG 13
    SIG
    90%
    CME
    September Rate Hike Odds Plunge to 44% After July Job Losses
    The July employment data has fundamentally shifted the Fed's decision matrix. With 23,000 jobs lost, the previous narrative of a resilient labor market is under pressure. This has led to a sharp decline in the CME FedWatch-implied probability of a September hike, now sitting at 44%. Investors are now weighing the risk of a policy error if the Fed continues to tighten into a weakening economy. The upcoming session will likely see high sensitivity to any Fed commentary regarding the labor-inflation trade-off.
    → Lower front-end yields via dovish repricing of the Fed terminal rate.
    Impact
    The July employment data has fundamentally shifted the Fed's decision matrix. With 23,000 jobs lost, the previous narrative of a resilient labor market is under pressure. This has led to a sharp decline in the CME FedWatch-implied probability of a September hike, now sitting at 44%. Investors are now weighing the risk of a policy error if the Fed continues to tighten into a weakening economy. The upcoming session will likely see high sensitivity to any Fed commentary regarding the labor-inflation trade-off.
    Affected
    CME
    Transmission
    Lower front-end yields via dovish repricing of the Fed terminal rate.

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    AssetCallBase close+1 day+5 days+20 days
    CMEDowndisagreed267.21 2026-08-13+0.97%+1.37%+3.12%

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