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FOMC Preview: Ghosting the CPI (for now)

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FOMC前瞻：暂时无视CPI

Natixisupdated 10/26/2026
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Core conclusion · Tlines extraction

Natixis expects the FOMC to leave the policy rate at an upper bound of 4.00% on Wednesday, resisting a hotter-than-comfortable September CPI. A final hike of the cycle is still forecast for December, but that call depends on encouraging inflation data and deeper growth concerns. Warsh is expected to stress trend-watching over single prints and to flag financial conditions as a two-sided risk.

Institution
Natixis
Published
10/26/2026
Research topic
Fed Policy · Inflation
Time horizon
this week
Fed Policy · FEDInflation · CPI

Key arguments

  • A hot September CPI does not push the Fed into a hike this week; the upper bound stays at 4.00%.
  • The December meeting is the forecast home of this cycle's final hike, contingent on inflation data and growth worries.
  • Warsh is likely to say the Committee watches trends, not one print, and to cite financial conditions as two-sided risks, not a dovish signal.
  • Slowing growth plus flat-to-negative real wage gains should support disinflation and caution against overtightening.

Key numbers

Expected upper bound of policy rate
4.00%
Fed inflation target
2%
Final hike timing (forecast)
December meeting

Main risks

  • Further hot inflation reports could revive the September print and force action at the December meeting.
  • AI-heavy investment and the wealth it creates raise sustainability concerns for growth and markets.
  • Low consumer confidence and flat-to-negative real wages may prevent demand from sustaining above-potential growth.

Corresponding source evidence

  1. +1 929 688 6923 selin.aker@natixis.com Discover more on our Website FOMC Preview: Ghosting the CPI (for now) September’s inflation data came inhotter than comfortable for the Fed, but we don’t think the Fed will get spooked into ahike on Wednesday.
  2. We expect ittohold the policy rate atan upper bound of4.00%, amonth after its first hike in three years.
  3. Chair Warsh has made clear he cares more about trends than any single print, and apause now buys the Committee time to see whether September was noise or asignal.

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Cross-institution comparison · FED

Inflation · 1
Institution / reportPublishedDirectionSource-checked targetHorizon
NatixisFOMC Preview: Ghosting the CPI (for now)10/26/2026Neutral—Not stated
Charles SchwabBeyond Energy: Inflation Heats Up as Fed Gathers10/27/2026Neutral—Not stated
Scotiabank EconomicsGLOBAL ECONOMICS · DAILY POINTS10/27/2026Neutral—Not stated
ING THINKfx daily dollar buying returns ahead of fomc10/27/2026Bullish—Not stated

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