Markets plummeted as the report stoked fears that the central bank and Chair Jerome Powell would decide to hike rates more aggressively, inflicting serious economic pain.
Investors are putting the odds of a three-quarter percentage point hike next week at 75%, according to CME FedWatch data.
The odds for a full point hike are hovering around 25% in the wake of the inflation report, up from 0% one week ago.
It meant that people understood the seriousness of the Fed’s commitment to getting inflation rates back down to 2%, he said.
“I wouldn’t discount a 100 basis point rate hike,” Marvin Loh, senior strategist at State Street, told me.