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Traders Positioned Against Fed Rate Move on Inflation Expectations

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Sunday, October 25, 2026

On Oct. 14, TD Securities' Gennadiy Goldberg advised clients to bet against a Federal Reserve interest-rate hike later in October. The recommendation came hours before the release of a much-anticipated US inflation report. Goldberg's logic was straightforward: inflation would likely be benign enough to justify the Fed holding rates steady. The positioning reflects trader confidence that economic data will support maintaining the Fed's current policy stance.

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