CNBC Daily Open: Two market forces battle for dominance

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on Sept. 3, 2026 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesHello, this is Leonie Kidd coming to you from London. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.Investors find themselves trapped between two major market forces. A bond market that refuses to be tamed by intervention, and a resurgent crude price that has broken back into triple digits across both benchmarks.The common denominator: inflation. And on Friday, that gets more interesting with key inflation data due to be released stateside. Read on for more.What you need to know todayInflection pointRising concern about inflation is driving the moves, and data on Friday could exacerbate that. A Dow Jones forecast suggests that CPI inflation data will show goods and services costs rose 0.4% in August, taking the annual inflation rate to 3.4%. Friday's inflation data will also be the last key piece of information the Federal Reserve will get ahead of its policy meeting next week. The odds that the Fed will choose to hike benchmark rates next week have now risen to over 70%. In addition, the market now views a second increase before t...