WEEKNIGHT ISSUE · WEDNESDAY SESSION
Wed, Sep 16, 2026
The hike
FOMC day. First increase in three years. Oil above $100. Do not trade the 25 bp — trade the paragraph on the path.
ISSUED
Tue 15 Sep 20:00 ET
FEDINFLATION
FOMC
Price stability, less guidance, live October
Chair Warsh’s committee is not the 2024–25 easing committee. The statement will be read for any attempt to own the oil shock as ‘transitory.’ If they refuse that word, duration stays offered. Lennar already printed a miss; the housing channel is live.
DESK
Monday watch
- 14:00 ET decision
- Presser language on energy
- SPX 7,500–7,600
MARKS
Levels
- SPX7,585.73
- WTI>$100
Marks are Friday cash / weekend futures. Not a live feed.
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