The Federal Reserve held rates at 3.5%-3.75% for a fifth straight meeting, but 4.1% inflation and 80% market odds of a September hike loom over

Fed meeting shows a one-in-three chance of a rate hike. Rate hike by September 2026 at 68.5% YES, by October 2026 at 73.5% YES, but only 20.6% for July 2026.

The US Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday in a range of 3.5% to 3.75%, the fifth consecutive meeting without a move, in a decision that exposed an unusual…