US Stocks Slide as Hot CPI Lifts Yields and Rate-Hike Bets
September CPI rose 3.7% year over year, above the 3.6% forecast and up from 3.4% in August. By midday, the Nasdaq 100 was down 1.0%, the S&P 500 fell 0.7%, and the 2-year Treasury yield had risen 14 basis points to 4.93%.