According to @CNBC, U.S. existing home sales posted a small gain in October while available supply declined, indicating tightening inventory conditions, source: CNBC. Traders monitor this because shelter costs are a major driver of the CPI inflation basket, increasing the macro relevance of housing trends for markets, source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Inflation dynamics from shelter feed into Federal Reserve policy expectations that influence Treasury yields and the U.S. dollar, two variables closely watched by crypto traders for impacts on BTC and ETH volatility and direction, source: Federal Reserve. In the near term, watch moves in yields and DXY following the report for potential spillovers to Bitcoin and Ethereum as liquidity and rate sensitivity remain key crypto drivers in macro-led markets, source: CNBC.

According to @StockMKTNewz, a new chart highlights the U.S. CPI year-over-year inflation by product type, summarizing the latest category-level dynamics traders watch for macro positioning. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI is published by the BLS and is heavily influenced by shelter within services, with food and energy also key to headline moves, making these components central to rate-sensitive trading decisions. According to the Federal Reserve’s public communications, persistent strength in services inflation tends to keep policy rates restrictive, a setup that typically supports higher Treasury yields and a firmer U.S. dollar that weighs on risk assets. According to the Bank for International Settlements, tighter U.S. financial conditions have historically coincided with weaker performance in Bitcoin and other risk assets due to reduced liquidity and higher discount rates. According to CME’s FedWatch Tool, traders rapidly recalibrate rate-cut probabilities after CPI surprises, which transmits to DXY, U.S. yields, and crypto market positioning in BTC and ETH. According to BLS CPI methodology notes, energy and travel-related categories are volatile, so markets closely track core services ex energy and shelter trends to gauge inflation stickiness and the likely policy path.

According to @business, Robert Half issued profit guidance below analysts’ estimates, indicating the global jobs market is continuing to soften, source: Bloomberg. For trading, a softer labor backdrop is a cyclical warning investors track for rate-cut odds and liquidity conditions that can influence risk assets including BTC and ETH, source: Bloomberg. Near term, traders may watch weekly jobless claims, nonfarm payrolls, and staffing-sector earnings for confirmation of labor softness and potential cross-asset sentiment shifts, source: Bloomberg.

According to @rovercrc, U.S. inflation may be coiling up, putting CPI risk back in focus for crypto positioning, source: @rovercrc on X. The CPI and Core CPI prints that anchor inflation trading are released monthly by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and their schedule and component weights guide market expectations, source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Federal Reserve’s longer-run goal is 2% inflation as measured by PCE, so persistent inflation pressures raise the likelihood of restrictive policy for longer, which is central to risk management for BTC exposure, source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Ahead of CPI, traders track TIPS breakevens, real yields, and CME FedWatch rate probabilities to gauge the rates and dollar impulse that can transmit into crypto volatility, source: U.S. Department of the Treasury; Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED); CME Group. Macro announcement surprises are documented to move asset prices and intraday volatility, reinforcing the case for event-risk controls around CPI time for crypto trades, source: Federal Reserve research on macroeconomic announcements and asset prices.