Gold price is losing 1.60% on Thursday, falling from a high of $1,858.87 to a fresh cycle low of $1,822.27. The US dollar is bid and climbed to fresh two-decade highs on Thursday as investors flock to the safe-haven currency in the face of surging inflation.Wednesday’s data bolstered market’s expectations …
Read More »US Annual PPI Climbs to 10% in February
The Producer Price Index (PPI) for final demand rose to 10% on a yearly basis in February from 9.7% in January, the data published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics announced on Tuesday. This reading matched the market expectation. Annual Core PPI, which excludes food and energy prices, edged …
Read More »Weekly Recap 13 – 17 December
It has been a big week for a number of major central banks worldwide. Central banks continuing to raise interest rates in an effort to tame inflation, largely dismissing for now the threat to economic growth posed by the spread of the Omicron variant. On ‘Super Thursday’ for central banks, …
Read More »U. S. wholesale inflation surges to new record
The inflationary uptrend in the United States is still dominating according to the Producer Price Index. The PPI surged 8.6 percent in September from the same period a year ago. That’s the biggest jump on records dating back to 2010.Producer prices rose only 0.5 percent in September. That was lower …
Read More »US PPI Rose More Than Expected in August
The Producer Price Index (PPI) in the United States increased by 0.3% in August compared to 0.6% in July, data showed on Thursday. The reading comes as double the expectations of a recent Reuters poll, and after the index declined by 0.2% in June. Analysts had expected an increase of …
Read More »US PPI Registers Highest Rise in 21 Months
The Producer Price Index (PPI) in the United States recorded its highest monthly increase since October 2018, rising by 0.6% in July, data showed on Tuesday. The reading comes as double the expectations of a recent Reuters poll, and after the index declined by 0.2% in June. On an annual …
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