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This shows how concerned investors are now about a return to inflation. Institute for Supply Management Service IndexInflation data, which typically comes second to more important data points such as the consumer price index, is sending shockwaves through the market.

The ISM reported price index jumped to 64.4% in December from 58.2% in November, an increase of more than 10%. Steve Miller, chairman of the ISM Business Survey Committee, pointed out that this is the first time since January 2024 that the reading has exceeded 60%.

This could be just the beginning of an unwelcome upward trend. Miller attributed part of the expansion in services activity to “risk management of the impact of port strikes and potential tariffs” – both of which can generate inflationary pressures.

In response, investors pushed higher 10-Year Treasury Bond Yield U.S. interest rates rose to 4.699% during the trading day, the highest level since April 26. data, the probability is 8.6% CME Group’s Fed Watch tool.

The stock market took a heavy hit. this S&P 500 Index Down 1.11% Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.42%, Nasdaq Index Dragged down by declines in technology stocks, the stock price fell 1.89%. NVIDIA It fell 6.2%, breaking a three-day winning streak.

“Inflation expectations and Fed rate expectations are being reset,” said Tom Herring, senior investment strategist at U.S. Bancorp Asset Management Group. “That triggered a slight sell-off in stocks after earlier enthusiasm.”

But Hainlin said the strong ISM report also showed that the U.S. economy was still performing well, which provided fertile ground for profit growth. As David Lefkowitz, chief information officer for U.S. equities at UBS, wrote in a note on Monday, “profit growth is more important than the valuation of returns over the next 12 months.”

One data point on one inflation measure doesn’t paint a picture of inflation or the health of businesses a year ahead. But caution is needed for now.

—CNBC’s Jeff Cox, Sean Conlon, Pia Singh and Lisa Kailai Han contributed to this report.