Asian markets will be watching Japan's inflation numbers, which could give a clue to the Bank of Japan's moves
Growing minority opinion that the Fed's going to go once more by yearend
Few interest rate traders at the CME are saying the Federal Reserve will raise rates again in September , but there's a growing chorus that central bank policymakers may go another quarter point — to 5.50%-5.75% — at either the Nov. 1 meeting or at their last meeting of the year on Dec. 13. Odds of another quarter point hike at the Nov. 1 Federal Open Market Committee meeting are up to 33.3% now from 27.8% a week ago, and 31.1% by the time of the December meeting versus 24.7% last week and just 20.9% one month ago.The chance of a quarter point reduction in the overnight fed funds rate by December was only 16.5% a month ago. Today the odds stand at 8.1%.Natural gas spiked nearly 2.8% Thursday, but is still headed for its worst week since July.
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