Pronóstico: Fed rate hike in 2026?

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Market context

The Federal Reserve would need to lift the upper bound of the target range at least once before the December 2026 meeting for this market to pay out Yes. The current policy range remains 3.50% to 3.75%, and June projections pointed to a median year-end funds rate of 3.8%, which implies at least one increase in the committee’s own forecast path.[8][6]

That makes the market readable as a contest between still-strong inflation pressure and a growing cluster of calls for the Fed to stay on hold. In June, nine of 19 officials expected at least one hike this year, while Reuters later reported that 66% of economists still saw the chance of a hike as high, even as their median forecast remained for no move through end-2026.[4][5] Comparable sell-side views are split: JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley both expect no change through 2026, whereas Bank of America has argued for multiple hikes if inflation stays sticky.[1][10][3]

For traders, the key catalysts are the remaining FOMC meetings, the next Summary of Economic Projections, and inflation data that can shift the committee’s reaction function. The Fed itself said in July that fed funds futures were pricing roughly 30 basis points of tightening by year-end 2026, which leaves the market close enough that one hot CPI or payrolls sequence could matter materially.[7][2] The market cannot resolve No until after the December meeting’s decision is published, so any late-year change in guidance or a pre-December hike would be decisive.[9]

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