Bitcoin Drops 2% on Hotter-Than-Expected U.S. Inflation

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13 Feb 2024

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Bitcoin Drops 2% on Hotter-Than-Expected U.S. Inflation
The CPI reading reduced expectations for interest-rate cuts in the next months, weighing on risk assets such as crypto.
By Krisztian Sandor
Feb 13, 2024 at 9:03 p.m.
Updated Feb 13, 2024 at 9:43 p.m.

Bitcoin fell from the $50,000 level after the January CPI report. (CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin dropped to $48,800 as the January Consumer Price Index report showed 3.1% annual inflation, higher than analyst forecasts.
Expectations of a rate cut in May fell to 34% from 52%, CME FedWatch Tool shows.

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Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $49,000 Tuesday after a hotter-than-anticipated U.S. inflation reading weighed on interest-rate cut expectations.
The largest crypto by market capitalization slipped about 2% to $48,700 from slightly above $50,000 earlier in the day, while the broad-market crypto index CoinDesk 20 (CD20) lost 2.4%.
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The drop happened after the January Consumer Price Index (CPI) report showed 3.1% year-on-year inflation, faster than analysts' 2.9% forecast. Market participants now see only a 34% chance of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates in May, down from 52% a day ago, according to the CME FedWatch Tool.

The lower chance of an imminent rate cut weighed on traditional markets as well. The 10-year U.S. Treasury bond yield advanced 12 basis points, while the S&P 500 equity gauge and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index declined as much as 2%.
Edited by Sheldon Reback.
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