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US inflation opens door to March Fed rate cut

By Craig Erlam Inflation, income and spending data for the US was released on Friday and broadly speaking the numbers were in line with expectations, with one outlier. Spending last month increased

27th January 2024

Markets/World

UK inflation surprise, soft Chinese data, Q1 ECB rate cut likely

By Craig Erlam It was a rough day of trading on Wednesday, with data from China and the UK not aligning with the optimistic position investors have committed to at the start

18th January 2024

Markets/World

Higher minimum wages in U.S. and inflation risk

By Justin Begley – Moody’s Analytics On the first day of 2024, workers earning the minimum pay rate got a raise in 22 U.S. states. Minimum wage hikes are common each year,

14th January 2024

Markets/World

A touch on the strong side

By Moody’s Analytics U.S. CPI inflation rose 0.3% in the final month of 2023. This aligns with Moody’s Analytics forecast but comes in a touch stronger than consensus expectations. Excluding food and

13th January 2024

Markets/World

Investors cautious ahead of US inflation

By Craig Erlam Stock markets are treading water in the middle of the week, with traders having an eye on Thursday’s US inflation report. It hasn’t been the most lively start to

11th January 2024

Markets/World

US CPI: markets overly confident of Fed pivot

Markets appear to be overly confident of a policy pivot by the Federal Reserve, warned the CEO of a leading independent financial advisory and fintech, as the inflation figure in the US

13th December 2023

Markets/World

Encouraging US inflation, UK jobs also promising

By Craig Erlam We’ve seen quite a response to the US inflation report on Tuesday, with investors clearly buoyed by the miss on both the headline and core numbers. While in both

15th November 2023

Markets/World

Powell more hawkish over Israel, oil, inflation fears?

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is expected to be extra hawkish in his key policy speech on Thursday amid growing concerns over surging oil prices, driven by the Israel-Hamas war, which could

19th October 2023

Markets/World

US CPI above expectations, one more rate hike ahead

US Consumer Price Index (CPI) data published Thursday supports the case that the Federal Reserve will likely implement one more interest rate hike, according to the CEO of a leading financial advisory

12th October 2023

Markets/World

Markets advance as focus on US CPI

By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Market Analyst at FXTM Asian shares advanced on Thursday following the moderately positive performance from Wall Street overnight, as dovish Fed minutes and easing oil prices supported risk

12th October 2023

Markets/World