Fed hikes for first time since 2023 as 10-year yield breaks 5% and diesel hits a record

A unanimous, fully-priced quarter-point increase to 3.75–4.00% mattered less than Chair Warsh refusing to call money tight, a Saudi pipeline attack sending WTI above $105, and record $6.39 diesel the Fed concedes it cannot fix.

Deepakshi

Kristal Research & Marketing team

18 Sept2 min

Key takeaways — AI summary

The Fed raised its target range to 3.75–4.00%, its first hike since 2023; the S&P 500 closed the week down 0.08% at 7,650.50 while the Nasdaq 100 rose 0.94%, with semis swinging on the AI-slowdown debate.
The 10-year Treasury yield touched 5.011% on Monday, its highest since 2007, and a weak 20-year auction cleared at 5.420% versus 5.204% prior; Bank of America's surveyed fund managers now name a disorderly rise in yields as the biggest tail risk, and Barclays flags 5% as the level that pressures equity valuations.
A drone strike on Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline pushed WTI to $105.83 on Tuesday, its best close since May, before it fell back under $100 by Friday as capacity was expected to partly restart within days.
Retail diesel set a national record of $6.39 a gallon (California above $8.34) even as crude eased — a refining shock the Fed openly says it cannot address; August retail sales rose 1.2% versus 0.8% expected while import prices jumped 0.7% and the Empire State index fell to 7.6 from 20.6.
Kristal analysis of Adobe (Q3 revenue $6.76bn, +12.9%), Oracle (revenue +30% to $19.35bn) and Zscaler (revenue $898m, ARR $3.77bn) centred on whether rapid revenue growth actually converts into durable earning power as the cost of capital rises.

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