# Robin Brooks Says October CPI Won't Prompt a 50-Basis-Point Fed Hike By Riza Dagoc Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/56958 Published: 2026-11-13T18:33:18.000Z Updated: 2026-11-13T18:33:18.000Z Section: Regulation > October core CPI rose 0.3% month over month, meeting a level Waller said could warrant considering a half-point move. Logan called for two quarter-point increases before a pause. Brookings Institution senior fellow Robin Brooks expects October inflation data will not prompt the Federal Reserve to deliver a 50-basis-point rate increase at its Dec. 9 meeting. Brooks made the forecast in a post on Tuesday, Nov. 10. A 50-basis-point move equals half a percentage point, and his view is specific to the Fed’s Dec. 9 decision. Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher J. Waller said a monthly core CPI gain around 0.3% or more could warrant considering [a 50-basis-point move](). October core CPI rose 0.3% month over month, reaching the threshold Waller described. Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan called for [two more 25-basis-point increases before a pause](), a total of 50 basis points across two separate moves. That differs from a single 50-basis-point increase at one meeting: Logan’s proposal set out a cumulative path, while Brooks’s forecast addresses whether October CPI would prompt a half-point move on Dec. 9. The Dec. 9 meeting is the next policy decision relevant to Brooks’s forecast. ## Links in this article - [a 50-basis-point move](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/53778) - [two more 25-basis-point increases before a pause](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/45264)