European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council member Yannis Stournaras said on Tuesday that he expects inflation to peak this year before starting gradually decline in 2023, as reported by Reuters.Commenting on the economic outlook, Stournaras acknowledged that risks to growth are tilted to the downside. As for the market’s reaction, …
Read More »Germany: Annual CPI inflation rises to 7.9% in August
Annual inflation in Germany, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose to 7.9% in August from 7.5% in July, Germany’s Destatis reported on Tuesday. This reading came in slightly higher than the market expectation of 7.8%. The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), the European Central Bank’s (ECB) preferred …
Read More »Fed’s Kashkari: All understand Fed is serious about getting inflation back to 2%
In response to the market’s reaction to last week’s Jackson Hole, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari said, on Monday, that people now understand how serious policymakers are about getting inflation back to 2%.The dollar has touched a fresh 20-year high to start the week fueled by hawkish comments …
Read More »USD Index Heading Higher On Powell’s Hawkish Remarks
The US Dollar Index has surged and managed to regain the uptrend after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech before Fed’s annual Jackson Hole Symposium, Friday morning, as the US central bank chair stressed that the monetary policymakers do not have the luxury to stop raising interest rates in the coming …
Read More »Fed’s Mester urges caution on thinking about inflation peak
Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester said on Friday that the July inflation report was welcome news but added that she needed to see more convincing data to conclude inflation was coming down, as reported by Reuters.The US Dollar Index showed no immediate reaction to these comments and was last …
Read More »US Equities Fall On Powell’s Hawkish Remarks
Stocks fell after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Fed will continue to raise rates to fight inflation in his Jackson Hole speech while The Fed’s favourite inflation measure shows prices have eased in July. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 302 points, or 0.91%. The S&P 500 fell 1.11% …
Read More »Powell’s Jackson Hole Speech, What Can Be Expected
Noticeably, traders, investors and economists have spent much of this week anticipating Jackson Hole Symposium which has now officially begun. Of course, markets are all waiting for the remarks by Fed Jay Powell which come at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning, Eastern Time. Markets have got some economic data that come …
Read More »Fed’s Bullard: Rates aren’t high enough now
Federal Reserve’s president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis James Bullard: in a CNBC interview has said rates aren’t high enough now.Meanwhile, Fed funds futures traders are pricing in a 59% chance that the Fed will hike rates by another 75 basis points at its September …
Read More »Real GDP contracts by 0.6% in Q2
The US economy contracted at an annualized rate of 0.6% in the second quarter, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis’ (BEA) second estimate showed on Thursday. This reading came in higher than the flash estimate of -0.9% and surpassed the market expectation of -0.8%.
Read More »Have Comments By Fed’s Kashkari Pushed Treasury yields Higher?
Treasury yields advanced Wednesday morning, led by the 2-year maturity which reflects the near-term path of Fed’s policy, as investors digested hawkish comments from regional central-bank official Neel Kashkari.On Tuesday, Kashkari, president of the Minneapolis Fed, said that the central bank needs to push ahead with tightening monetary policy until …
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