Fed minutes, Pepsi earnings, midterm megadonors and more in Morning Squawk
- ID
- 33191
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 08 Oct 2026, 8:53 PM
- Fetched
- 08 Oct 2026, 9:05 PM
- Provider
- CNBC Technology
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/08/5-things-to-know-before-the-stock-market-opens.html
- Source URL
- https://www.cnbc.com/id/19854910/device/rss/rss.html
Summary
- Score
- 1.5
- Created
- 08 Oct 2026, 9:06 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- startup_founders
What happened
CNBC's Morning Squawk reports that Fed officials see another rate hike before the end of the year according to September meeting minutes, though the minutes gave no clear timing. It also cites a New York Fed survey showing the 12-month inflation outlook at its highest since 2023 and fewer households expecting to be better-off, plus a New York Fed paper saying prices on many everyday goods would have fallen without Trump's tariffs. The provided excerpt is truncated before Pepsi earnings, midterm megadonors, and any AI/ML, developer, startup, or Malaysia/SEA tech detail.
Why it matters
There is no direct AI, developer-tooling, Malaysia/SEA tech, or startup-funding action in the provided excerpt. The only concrete read is macro: expected another Fed rate hike before year-end and the highest-since-2023 12-month inflation outlook could affect USD-denominated costs or fundraising assumptions for founders, but the article gives no local builder-specific decision to change.
Discussion angle
Use this only as a macro backdrop: if you plan USD cloud/API spend or fundraising in the next two quarters, what would another Fed hike and a higher inflation outlook change in your budget assumptions, given the excerpt has no Malaysia/SEA tech-specific signal?