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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Markets shrug off hawkish Fed minutes as housing cracks beneath sentiment surveys

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Markets shrug off hawkish Fed minutes as housing cracks beneath sentiment surveys

The Fed's July minutes said a rate hike is still possible if inflation doesn't cool. Treasury yields barely moved, even as July housing starts collapsed 12.4% while builder and manufacturing sentiment surveys kept improving.

Title page of FOMC minutes for July 28–29, 2026, with Federal Reserve seal and FOMC heading.
July FOMC minutes left a September hike in play, with many participants saying further tightening would likely be needed if inflation failed to ease and upside risks still skewed by AI demand and the Mideast conflict. Source

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