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Title: The Fed’s Biggest Inflation Risk Is No Longer Just Rising Prices. It’s Uncertainty.

As US inflation accelerates and the dollar strengthens, weakness in gold, equities and cryptocurrencies raises a deeper question: Can the Federal Reserve restore price stability without undermining market confidence?By Wael RashedDirector of Business Development & Corporate Spokesperson at Evest Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 20th Oct 2026 - A tenth of a percentage point may appear insignificant in an economy worth trillions of dollars. In financial markets, however, it can be enough to shift currencies, unsettle equity valuations and force investors to reconsider the future of monetary policy.That is what the release of September’s US Consumer Price Index on October 14 demonstrated. Headline inflation accelerated to 3.7% year on year, above the 3.6% consensus forecast and up from 3.4% in August. Consumer prices rose 0.6% during the month, while core inflation, excluding food and energy, reached 2.6% annually and 0.3% monthly.These figures challenged an increasingly consequential assumption: that inflation could gradually subside without requiring another meaningful tightening of financial conditions. For Wael Rashed, the question for investors is no longer simply how high consumer prices are rising, but whether the Federal Reserve can preserve confidence in its policy framework while balancing price stability and economic resilience.When inflation becomes a market-wide shockEnergy accounted for much of September’s acceleration. Gasoline prices rose 9.1% over the month and contributed more than half of the increase in headline CPI, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Yet dismissing the report as an isolated energy shock would be premature. Core prices also increased, highlighting the importance of examining whether inflationary pressure is spreading beyo...

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