Market Update

U.S. wholesale inventories increased more than expected initially in September, but automobile stocks declined further amid a global semiconductor shortage, which is undercutting motor vehicle production.The Commerce Department said on Wednesday that wholesale inventories increased 1.4%, instead of 1.1% as estimated last month. Stocks at wholesalers rose 1.3% in August. …

Consumer inflation surged in October as fuel costs picked up, supply chains remained under pressure and rents moved higher. NYT said that it is bad news for economic Fed’s policymakers and for the White House, which had been emphasizing a recent slowdown in price gains.Inflation picked up to 0.9 percent …

Markets were waiting for US inflation data, which came in better than expected. Inflation in the US, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), surged to 6.2% on a yearly basis in October from 5.4% in September, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Wednesday, surpassing the market …

According to the latest report from the US Department of Labor (DoL), there were 267,000 initial claims for US unemployment benefits in the week ending on the 6th of November. That was 2,000 more than expected, but down 4,000 from the week prior and, according to the DoL, “is the …

Inflation in the US, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), surged to 6.2% on a yearly basis in October from 5.4% in September, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Wednesday, surpassing the market expectation of 5.3% by a wide margin. The annual Core CPI, which excludes …

The dollar rose slightly against the major currencies on Wednesday after falling in the past three days, as investors are reluctant to take risks ahead of US inflation data that may shed some light on when the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates. Economists polled by Reuters expect CPI data …

The General Court of the European Union has ruled that the European Commission was right about fining Google for its antitrust breach. The ruling comes after the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, said in 2017 that Google favored its comparison shopping services and fined the company 2.42 billion euros …

European shares rose to near all-time highs on Wednesday, as a jump in oil stocks and positive results for companies including chip company Infineon helped offset the impact of inflation concerns. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.1 percent and energy stocks rose 1.2 percent, after a boost to oil …

The Asian session did not witness violent volatility and the markets are now waiting for inflation data from the US. China on Wednesday floated euro-denominated sovereign bonds, raising 4 billion euros ($4.62 billion), three weeks after issuing billions of dollars in dollar-denominated bonds. The Chinese Ministry of Finance said that …

Data released on Wednesday showed that Turkey’s unemployment rate fell to 11.5 percent in September from 11.8 percent the previous month, while the seasonally adjusted disguised unemployment rose to 21.9 percent from 21.7 percent. Disguised unemployment rose at the beginning of the year, approaching its peak at the time of …