What Walker actually said was not quite dovish as it is a neutral conditional statement that *if* inflation continues to show signs of decline over next 2 weeks, then a hike wouldn't be needed in Sep. He made clear that the Aug CPI on Sep11 would be a data point. A market that rallies on such conditional statements means it was positioned for something worse; a lot of bearish leaning scared into repositioning.
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