Williams: Funds Rate ‘Quite a Ways’ From Needed ‘Restrictive’ Stance
Size of Sept. 21 Rate Hike Will Depend on ‘Totality of The Data’ Funds Rate Likely Needs To Go Above 3.5% Next Year Throws Cold Water On Talk Of 2023 Rate Cuts By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – New York Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams said Tuesday that short-term interest rates are “quite a […]
Atl Fed’s Bostic: Fed Will Keep Moving Expeditiously’ to Cut Inflation
–FOMC Must Guard Against Too Little, Too Much Tightening–Rates Must Become Restrictive to Bring Down Inflation By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael Bostic said Tuesday that the Fed needs to keep raising interest rates “expeditiously” into a “restrictive” stance to reduce inflation, but he warned against raising rates too […]
Fed’s Powell Vows To Battle Inflation With ‘Restrictive’ Rates ‘Until Job Is Done’
No Clear Signal on Size of Sept. 21 Rate Hike; ‘Unusually Large” Move Possible Policy Will Need to Stay Restrictive ‘For Some Time,’ Involve Some ‘Pain’ By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell Friday strongly reaffirmed the Fed’scommitment to bringing down inflation Friday, vowing to move monetary policy into a “restrictive”posture […]
Japan August Tokyo CPI Jumps on Utilities, Food, Hotels on High Producer Costs, Reopening Demand 
–Electricity Leads Higher Energy Bills; Gasoline Price Rise Continues to Shrink –Core CPI +2.6% Y/Y Hits 30-Year High Excluding 2014, 1997 Sales Tax Hikes –Total CPI +2.9% Y/Y Over 30-Year High Excluding Sales Tax Hikes’ Direct Impact –BOJ to Keep Easing Stance Until Stable 2% Inflation Anchored with Real Wage Gains By Max Sato (MaceNews) […]
Japan July Core, Total CPI Annual Rates Stay Above 2% on High Food, Utilities Costs 
–Core CPI +2.4% Y/Y Largest in 14 Years Excluding 2014 Sales Tax Hike Impact–Total CPI +2.6% Y/Y Remains Fastest in Over 30 Years, Excluding Direct Impact of 2014, 1997 Sales Tax Hikes –Gasoline Price Rise Slower on Govt Subsidies, Easing Crude Oil Market By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Consumer inflation in Japan continued moving up […]
FOMC Minutes: Officials Eyed ‘Downside’ Growth Risks, ‘Upside’ Inflation Risks
– Policy Focus Remained on Curbing Inflation, But ‘Many’ Warned of Overdoing It – No Clear Signal from Minutes On Size of Sept. 21 Rate Hike By Steven K. Beckner (MaceNews) – Federal Reserve officials continued to tilt toward a tighter monetary policy at their late July Federal Open Market Committee meeting, but while they […]
BofA Global Research Fund Manager Survey: Investors Hopeful Inflation/Rate Shocks to Dissipate Soon
-Investors Stay Watchful For Recession By Vicki Schmelzer NEW YORK (MaceNews) – Global investors polled in August were hopeful that inflation and rate shocks will dissipate in the coming quarters, according to the findings of BofA Global Research’s monthly fund manager survey, released Tuesday. At the same time, investors remained on high alert for recession, […]
Business Inflation Measure Reinforces Softening Inflation Scenario
–PPI -0.5%; Core +0.2%; Goods -1.8%; Services +0.1% By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The July Producer Price Index, which cuts deeper and is more multidimensional than the CPI, Thursday reinforced the welcome scenario of softening inflation. The PPI showed final demand last month dropped half a percent, more than expected and the biggest decline […]
White House and Other Schedules for Thursday, Aug 11
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Thursday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as US data and Federal Reserve events: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2022 The President, vacationing at Kiawah Island, South Carolina, has no public events scheduled. Out-of-Town Pool Wires: AP, Reuters, […]
US CPI Boosts Hopes Inflation Trajectory Has Improved
–July CPI Unchanged; Core +0.3% By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The welcome way the latest Consumer Price Index came in below expectations Wednesday reinforced hopes the trajectory of high consumer inflation has finally improved. The July report’s headline number, the one that most influences inflation expectations, was unchanged, the lowest reading for any month […]