The labor market has lost its veto over the Federal Reserve's rate path.
A 29K payrolls print could only push October's hike odds from 64% to 23%; with the war premium driving ISM prices-paid to 77.9, inflation — not employment — is the sole constraint keeping a December increase alive.
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Weak payrolls could only defer the hike to December while war-driven inflation expectations keep the tightening path alive, showing employment no longer constrains the rate path.
Even a print carrying the first outright payroll contraction in over a year and a sub-50 diffusion index could only buy the Fed patience — the hiking cycle's fate now rests on inflation, not employment data.
The war premium passing straight into factory-gate prices is what keeps the December hike alive — inflation, not the still-expanding labor market, is the binding constraint.