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Interest Rate and Inflation Sensitivity

NVIDIA CORP · 2026-09-30 · Importance 22 · Surprise 32

U.S. shares rose after August personal consumption expenditures inflation was reported at 3.4% year over year, below the 3.7% economist consensus cited by Reuters. The softer reading reduced expectations for another Federal Reserve interest-rate increase as soon as October and supported valuations of mega-cap growth companies such as NVIDIA. NVIDIA therefore remains exposed to changes in U.S. inflation data, Federal Reserve policy, and the discount rates applied to long-duration AI investment expectations.

Key facts

• NVIDIA shares rose more than 1.6% on Wednesday as softer-than-expected US inflation (PCE index 3.4% annually in August versus a 3.7% forecast) boosted hopes the Federal Reserve may hold off on another rate increase. source