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Fed Rate Hike Odds Surge on $100 Oil โ€” Bad News for India's Borrowing Costs

CNBCยทFriday, 24 July 2026
Fed Rate Hike Odds Surge on $100 Oil โ€” Bad News for India's Borrowing Costs

Investors are increasingly pricing in a U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate hike in September as oil prices spike past $100 a barrel. Higher oil is stoking inflation fears and pushing U.S. Treasury yields to their highest levels of the year. The shift in Fed expectations is rattling global bond and currency markets.

Why It Matters

When the U.S. Fed hikes rates, money tends to flow out of emerging markets like India, weakening the rupee and making it more expensive for Indian companies and the government to borrow.

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