Japan Government Upgrades View: Consumption, Jobs Leading Gradual Economic Pickup
By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Japan’s government Tuesday upgraded its economic overview for the first time in three months in July as consumption is on a clearer pickup path, led by job creation and pent-up demand, but real wages are falling amid rising inflation and the weaker yen is eroding purchasing power, according to its […]
Japan June CPI Ticks Up Above 2% as Food, Appliance Price Hikes Spread; Energy Gains Slower 
–Core CPI +2.2% Y/Y Remains Largest in Over 13 Years If 2014 Sales Tax Hike Impact Excluded –BOJ’s Kuroda Says No Rate Hike in Cards, Japan Economy Still Needs Support–BOJ Board Revises Up CPI Forecasts But Stable 2% Inflation Still Far Ahead By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Consumer inflation in Japan ticked up above 2% […]
BOJ Kuroda Repeats No Plans for Rate Hike, Rapid Yen Drop Undesirable
By Max Sato (MaceNews) – Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda made it clear once again that the bank’s policymakers are “not considering raising interest rates at all” given their latest outlook that domestic inflation is unlikely to be anchored around its 2% target in the next few years. He told a post-meeting news conference […]
ECB Raises Key Rates by 50 Basis Points, Deviating from Forward Guidance
–Approval of Anti-Fragmentation Tool Allowed Front-Loaded Tightening, Says President Christine Lagarde –Lagarde does not provide forward guidance, says ECB data-dependent By Laurie Laird LONDON (MaceNews) – The European Central Bank raised interest rates by a much-higher than expected 50 basis points following its governing council meeting on Thursday, deviating from the carefully-worded forward guidance issued […]
BOJ Keeps Easing Stance; Revises Up CPI Forecast, Sees Slower FY22 GDP Growth
By Max Sato (MaceNews) – The Bank of Japan said Thursday it is maintaining its super-low interest rate targets along the yield curve and large asset purchases, as expected, to help the economy fully recover from the pandemic-caused slump and anchor inflation around its stable 2% target. To keep speculative market forces from pushing the […]
BofA Global Research Fund Manager Survey: Global Growth Optimism at All-Time Low
— Cash Levels ‘Highest Since 9/11’ — Equity Allocation ‘Lowest Since Lehman’ By Vicki Schmelzer NEW YORK (MaceNews) – Optimism about global growth prospects fell to an all-time low in July, according to the findings of BofA Global Research’s monthly fund manager survey, released Tuesday. Investor cash levels are the “highest since 9/11” and equity […]
White House and Other Schedules for Thursday, July 14
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: Thursday, July 14, 2022 In the morning, the President will participate in a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Yair Lapid of Israel. This meeting will be […]
FED’S BEIGE BK: ‘CONCERNS OVER AN INCREASED RISK OF RECESSION’
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The normally bland Beige Book survey of economic activity coast-to-coast included some dark clouds of pessimism in its latest iteration Wednesday, seeing increased risks of recession and “growing signs of a slowdown in demand.” The survey, for review at the next Federal Open Market Committee meeting toward the end of the month, […]
Bank of Canada Jacks Up Rate by 100 Bps to 2.5% as Bank ‘Front-loads’ Rate Hikes
–BOC: Interest Rates Need to Rise Further, Pace Up to Economic Assessment –BOC: Canadian Economy in Excess Demand, Inflation High and Broad –BOC Revises Up CPI Forecasts for Next Few Years, Sees Slower GDP Growth By Max Sato (MaceNews) – The Bank of Canada on Wednesday surprised the markets by jacking up its policy interest […]
White House and Other Schedules for Wednesday, July 13
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following are Wednesday’s schedules for the White House, Treasury, USTR, the State Department and Capitol Hill as well as US data and Federal Reserve events: COMPREHENSIVE TRIP GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR ISRAEL AND THE WEST BANK Wednesday, July 13, 2022 In the afternoon, the President will arrive in Tel Aviv, Israel […]