Per Woofun AI, Bitget CFD Chief Analyst Lewis Huang disclosed that the recent surge of 172,000 in non-farm employment significantly outpaced forecasts.

Concurrently, CPI rose to 4.2% and PPI to 6.5%, signaling persistent inflationary pressures alongside labor market resilience. This data combination undermines market expectations for imminent rate cuts, providing the Federal Reserve with justification to maintain restrictive monetary policy—a development detrimental to high-valuation technology equities.

Huang characterized this environment as a 'perfect hawkish scenario' under potential Chair Kevin Warsh, who is anticipated to advocate for an 'higher and longer' interest rate regime. He advised investors to scrutinize the Federal Reserve’s policy statement for references to structural inflation risks and any upward revisions to the long-term neutral interest rate in the dot plot, as these factors could trigger a downward trend for the NASDAQ index.