On Wednesday, the ISM reported that its services prices index for August rose to 58.9%, a four-month high and 2.1 points above the July level.
That comes on the heels of the August manufacturing prices reading of 48.4%, which was below the dividing line for expansion but still 5.8 points ahead of July's level.
Following the services reading, traders in the fed funds futures market increased the odds for a November Fed rate hike to about 53%, according to the CME Group .
That coincided with a jump in the rate-sensitive two-year Treasury yield to 5.033%, and a slide in stocks that sent the S & P 500 down by as much as 0.9%.
"With oil and food prices also higher, this [ISM services] report points to a Fed whose job to quell inflation is certainly not yet quite finished."'
Persons:
Quincy Krosby, Susan Collins
Organizations:
Federal Reserve, Institute, Supply, CME Group, Treasury, LPL, Boston