In the ongoing struggle between growth and stability, Goldman Sachs has read the signals from Federal Reserve leadership and concluded that borrowing costs will rise again in October 2026 — a forecast that places institutional weight behind the Fed's sustained effort to tame inflation. The prediction arrives not as a surprise, but as a formal crystallization of what hawkish central bank communications have been quietly telling markets for weeks. It is a reminder that in the modern economy, the words of policymakers carry their own gravitational force, shaping behavior long before any decision