
COMING UP: Data: EU Inflation Final (Aug), US Initial Jobless Claims (Sep/12), Housing Starts (Aug), Building Permits Prelim. (Aug), Atlanta Fed GDP (Q3), New Zealand Trade Balance (Aug)
Events: BoE Policy Announcement, CNB Policy Announcement
Speakers: US President Trump; ECB’s Lane Supply: Spain, France, US.
Newsquawk US Market Wrap – Stocks and bonds sold after Fed rate hike
SNAPSHOT: Equities down/flat, Treasuries flatten, Crude down, Dollar up, Gold down.

Market Update: Indices wilt after Fed
(Daily Charts)
Fed rate hike and more to come too much a weight for stocks to bear. Breaks of supports would leave big voids on the downside. Next pivotal levels 7500 and 28000.
So far, US500 has paused just above 7500 (on this CFD chart_ and NAS100 has only managed a brief break of 28804.

Market treading water ahead of Warsh
Market is pricing 92-95% odds of .25 pnt hike while some 30% of by bbrg surveyed economists are behind a “hold”.
Kevin is, possibly, on the doorsill of making FED history
by choosing to get killed either by Pres DT or the Bond types.
I am biased. I think Kevin will hike.
The next potential “feel the earth move” event for the dollar is warsh’s press conf as players will be looking for prospect odds of additional and by how much tightening in coming months.
US PRE-MARKET MOVERS: MSFT, INTC, HBAN, TCOM, JHBT]
ES +0.3% NQ +0.5% RTY +0.3%

Newsquawk Daily US Opening News – 16th September 2026

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BTCUSD DAILY: 75K now pivotal
As moted yesterday, key support was set at 75482 with fallback support at 75000, both broken today although the latter only briefly, giving some hope to the bull side.
This leaves 75K as the pivotal level with a huge void below it.
On the upside, back above 77270 would be needed to break current momentum.

Forex Market Snapshot
The forex market is in a wait-and-see mode ahead today’s FOMC decision where the focus will be on the reaction in US bonds.
While not a currency, Cryptos have taken a hit after the Senate fauled to pass the Clarity Act. that would have created a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies and digital assets.


COMING UP: Data: Japanese Trade Balance (Aug), UK Inflation (Aug), Italian Inflation Final (Aug), ECB Wage Tracker (Aug), US Retail Sales (Aug), Atlanta Fed GDP (Q3), New Zealand GDP (Q2)
Events: Fed Policy Announcement, BCB Policy Announcement, BoC Minutes
Speakers: ECB’s Vujcic, Elderson, Nagel; Fed Chair Warsh Supply: Australia, Germany
Newsquawk US Market Wrap – Stocks slide and Dollar gains as eyes turn to FOMC
SNAPSHOT: Equities down, Treasuries steepen, Crude up, Dollar up, Gold flat
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US500 4 HOUR: Still on the defensive
Remains on the defensive, especially while below 7600 but so far 7575 (double bottom) has checked the downside. On the upside, back above 7650 would be needed to break current momentum and keep thoughts away from 7500-50 (on this CFD chart). In any case, barring a surprise headline, it is hard to see big bets ahead of the FOMC

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