In the press conference following the Fed’s decision to keep rates unchanged, Powell hesitated to guide toward a rate in the coming months. He struck a hawkish tone, according to a note by Bank of America’s macroeconomics team, putting a damper on investor hopes that the FOMC’s next meeting in September could bring a rate cut.

Nothing tariffs are starting to push up prices, Powell said the Fed is already “looking through” goods inflation by not raising rates. That “could be pushback to those who might want lower rates now," economist Michael Feroli of JP Morgan Chase wrote to clients.