(Bloomberg) — Three months after the Federal Reserve stopped reinvesting all of the maturing Treasury securities in its portfolio — allowing $30 billion a month to run off — its holdings of the debt ought to be lower by $90 billion. Soaring inflation is slowing that decline. That’s because the Fed’s Treasury holdings include inflation-protected […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Data that landed like a gut punch on anyone hoping inflation had receded was received with notable poise by investors. Why that happened was the subject of frantic speculation Wednesday on Wall Street. While odds of draconian rate hikes jumped, so did shares of semiconductor producers, retailers and automakers. Tech stocks as tracked […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — US inflation data in the coming week may stiffen the resolve of Federal Reserve policy makers to proceed with another big boost in interest rates later this month. The closely watched consumer price index probably rose nearly 9% in June from a year earlier, a fresh four-decade high, based on the median projection […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — US inflation accelerated to a fresh 40-year high in May, a sign that price pressures are becoming entrenched in the economy. That will likely push the Federal Reserve to extend an aggressive series of interest-rate hikes and adds to political problems for the White House and Democrats. The consumer price index increased 8.6% […]
Read MoreIt’s always interesting to watch the way market sentiment and investor attention shifts over time. COVID and the continuing pandemic has naturally dominated the news cycle since it arrived in the United States two years ago. Corporate America’s ability to pivot quickly and adapt rapidly to keep business going is one of the reasons that […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Inflationary pressures in the U.S. continued to heat up at the start of the year, data are expected to show, likely putting a Federal Reserve interest-rate increase next month on autopilot. The consumer price index probably jumped 7.3% in January from a year ago, the largest annual advance since early 1982, according to […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — U.S. inflation-adjusted consumer spending fell last month by the most since February, suggesting that Americans tempered their outlays amid the latest Covid-19 wave and the fastest inflation in nearly 40 years. Purchases of goods and services, adjusted for changes in prices, decreased 1% from November, the Commerce Department said Friday. The personal consumption […]
Read MoreSticker shock at the grocery store isn’t going to disappear when the calendar flips into the new year. So if you can’t beat inflation, you might as well hedge your bets. And there’s a year-end strategy that’s been building buzz now that inflation-indexed savings bonds are paying an annualized rate of 7.12% for the six-month […]
Read Moreinflation beating asset Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that the U.S. is currently in a period of fairly high inflation — the inflation rate was 7.0% in December of 2021. While much of the analysis has been on the political implications of high inflation — and how it impacts Americans ability […]
Read More“‘I know that I think it’s going to be tough sledding for the inflation trades, the pandemic going forward. So the things that performed the best since March of 2020 are going to probably perform the worst as we go through this tight tightening cycle.’” — Paul Tudor Jones, Tudor Investment Corp. Billionaire hedge-fund manager […]
Read MoreWhile the markets digest the inflation numbers on Wednesday, all eyes will be focussed on the Federal Reserve’s reaction to the inflation data. Many economists expected the 7% gain in the Consumer Price Index, marking a 39-year high. Many markets, including stocks and bitcoin, have come under pressure this year on expectations that the Federal […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — The world’s second-biggest gold miner is confident prices will hold firm this year, if not rise, as investors use the metal rather than cryptocurrencies to hedge against inflation and jewelry demand picks up. “The risk is on the upside,” Barrick Gold Corp. Chief Executive Officer Mark Bristow said in an interview in Riyadh, […]
Read MoreUS President Joe Biden President Biden’s inflation woes have worsened as prices rose at the fastest pace for 40 years last month, increasing expectations of interest rate rises as soon as March. The Democrat is faced with an inflation rate of 7pc, the highest since June 1982, when Ronald Reagan was president, sapping his approval […]
Read MoreU.S. inflation probably hit the fastest in four decades, helping explain a shift in the Federal Reserve’s approach to monetary policy as well as more consumer anxiety about the economy. The widely followed consumer price index on Wednesday is forecast to rise 7.0% for the year through December and climb 0.4% from a month earlier. […]
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