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- September 17, 2026
The first rate hike in three years is in the books. The Fed is officially taking direct steps to slow inflation. Meanwhile, the equity market’s worst-performing sector this year has already been pricing in a slowdown. Anyone caught off-guard by the recent consensus around a rate hike clearly hasn’t been paying attention to consumer discretionary
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