Wages are vital for maintaining living standards in daily life and, since they make up around 60% of GDP in the US, the UK, and the Eurozone, they are also critical for controlling inflation in the financial markets.Price rises will eventually result from rapid pay increases since wage growth is …
Read More »Explainer: What rate cuts matter for US economy in 2024
Interest rate cuts could bring relief to consumers and businesses who have been paying more for mortgages, auto loans, credit card debt, and other forms of borrowing as a result of the Fed’s increases. However, rate-weary Americans will likely have to wait a few more months for respite, as Wall …
Read More »Yellen comments on inflation, China ties
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated on Monday that the US is making “considerable progress” in reducing inflation, which is particularly noteworthy given the strength of the labour market.The government’s consumer price index measures annual inflation, which fell to 3.2% in October from a peak of over 9% in 2022 as …
Read More »Will recent US CPI data be welcomed by Fed policymakers?
The US consumer price inflation looks to have negatively surprised the consensus. Economists still predict that the Fed will hold interest rates steady until June 2024, when they will start to cut them. In other words, October saw a decrease in inflationary pressures.With fuel prices acting as a major drag …
Read More »US consumer sentiment slumps on debt ceiling impasse
US consumer sentiment slumped to a six-month low in May on worries that political haggling over raising the federal government’s borrowing cap could trigger a recession. The University of Michigan’s survey also showed consumers’ long-term inflation expectations jumping this month to their highest reading since 2011, bad news for the …
Read More »US Nonfarm Payrolls Preview: the possibility of a surprise
After Fed Chair Powell’s remarks on Capitol Hill last Tuesday, there is a great deal of anticipation around the impending NFP statistics. Powell effectively stated that if economic data came in far above forecasts, the Fed would raise interest rates by 50 basis points at its next meeting. He emphasised …
Read More »US inflation declines only slowly, Fed cannot be satisfied
These are undoubtedly the beliefs of some investors, who ignore slight increases in annual inflation rates because they believe the downward trend will continue. That means that markets are in a risk-on mode. The Core Consumer Price Index (Core CPI), which increased by 0.4% MoM in January as predicted, is …
Read More »US CPI Preview: Forecasts from four major banks
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures for January on Tuesday, February 14 at 13:30 GMT and as we get closer to the release time, here are the forecasts by the economists and researchers of 12 major banks regarding the upcoming US inflation …
Read More »How could USD React to January’s NFP Data?
On Friday, the US will release the official employment report for January. Some analysts expect a 220K increase in payroll and a modest increase in the unemployment rate to 3.6%. Other expectations suggest 185,000 rise in Nonfarm Payrolls data following the 223,000 increase in December. The first US NFP report …
Read More »Wall Street Performs Mixedly On Inflation Report
Stocks are having a mixed performance on Friday as traders looked to close out an awful week that brought the S&P 500 to a new 2022 low. The S&P 500 was up 0.55%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 52 points, or 0.18%, while the Nasdaq Composite was 1.02% higher. …
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