{"id":686076,"date":"2026-11-10T17:52:38","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T17:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/hot-us-inflation-raises-odds-of-half-point-fed-hike-in-december\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T17:52:38","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T17:52:38","slug":"hot-us-inflation-raises-odds-of-half-point-fed-hike-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/hot-us-inflation-raises-odds-of-half-point-fed-hike-in-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot US inflation raises odds of half-point Fed hike in December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-images.ctmedia.io\/media\/article-covers\/2026\/11\/01M7336RAJMBE41VQRYSYWFP63\/us-federal-reserve-1.jpg\" alt=\"Hot US inflation raises odds of half-point Fed hike in December\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>US inflation came in above forecasts in October, increasing expectations of a bigger rate hike in December and raising concerns for crypto investors.<\/p>\n<p>Crypto industry experts warned on Tuesday that higher-than-expected US inflation could lead to a another Federal Reserve interest rate hike, making borrowing more expensive and potentially discouraging investment in cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<p>The US Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4% month over month in October, above economists\u2019 forecast of 0.3%, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/cpi\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/span><\/a> &#8211; a slower increase than September\u2019s 0.6% rise. Core inflation, which excludes food and energy prices, rose 0.3%, above the expected 0.2%. <\/p>\n<p>Currently, the Federal Reserve holds its benchmark interest rate at 3.75% to 4.00%, after raising it by a quarter-point in September and leaving it unchanged in October.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/hot-us-inflation-raises-rate-hike-crypto\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US inflation came in above forecasts in October, increasing expectations of a bigger rate hike in December and raising concerns for crypto investors. Crypto industry experts warned on Tuesday that higher-than-expected US inflation could lead to a another Federal Reserve interest rate hike, making borrowing more expensive and potentially discouraging investment in cryptocurrencies. The US [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":686077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-686076","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}