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Weaker dollar historically contributes to higher import price inflation, chart shows
A weaker U.S. dollar may fundamentally benefit some areas of the stock market, but “it could also potentially drive higher ...
Materials Gain After Wholesale Inflation Data - Materials Roundup
The U.S. dollar declined after wholesale inflation data showed producer prices were unchanged in June and showed only a mild effect from U.S. tariffs. The flat reading in the producer-price index came ...
Bond market sends troubling signal on inflation that should concern investors
The U.S. bond market sold off on Tuesday in a manner that tends to spell fresh trouble for many stock investors.
Market-based inflation expectations are rising despite tame producer-price data
Breakeven inflation rates, representing expectations for future price gains in the years to come, were rising Wednesday morning even after an unexpectedly tame producer-price index for June. As the ...
Stagflationary feel to U.K. data after upward surprise to inflation
The analyst commentary was pretty brutal after U.K. consumer prices rose a surprisingly hot 3.6% year-over-year in June, surpassing expectations of a 3.4% rise. Economists at Barclays noted the lack ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says don't read too much into one month's inflation data
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in an interview on Bloomberg Television, said he hasn't looked at the CPI number that's ...
Consumer Cos Drop After CPI Data - Consumer Roundup
Consumer companies fell after inflation data. Consumer prices rose by 2.7% in June, in line with economists' targets. "Today's report finally provided ample evidence that tariffs are being passed onto ...
Materials Drop as Dollar Gains on Inflation Data - Materials Roundup
Producers of metals and other raw materials fell as the U.S. dollar rose sharply against other currencies in the wake of inflation data. Consumer price index rose 2.7% in June from a year earlier, but ...
After CPI inflation report, fed-funds futures point to September rate cut
Traders in the federal-funds futures market continued to expect on Tuesday the Federal Reserve to hold its benchmark rate steady this month, as they weighed the latest inflation data. Fed-funds ...
Stock futures gain slightly after CPI inflation roughly in-line with expectations
Investors got a fresh look at U.S. inflation data on Tuesday with the latest release of the consumer price index for June. CPI for the month of June showed a 0.3% increase, which was in-line with ...
JPMorgan's cheat sheet for how S&P will react to core CPI
JPMorgan's trading desk has put together its assumptions on how the market will respond to inflation data, and the core CPI in particular. (Keep in mind this excludes other news, namely bank earnings ...
Consumer Cos Up Ahead of Retail Sales, Inflation Data - Consumer Roundup
Consumer companies ticked up ahead of retail-sales and inflation data. There's some "data suggesting at the low end, people are really having to hold back, while at the upper end people are still ...