PPI

To gain an edge, this is what you need to know today. Consumer Price Index Ahead Please click here for a chart of Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL). Note the following: The Morning Capsule is about the big picture, not an individual stock. The chart of AAPL stock is being used to...

An ugly weekly close last week, dropping ES down to the bottom (to the tick) of the weekly bullish imbalance. This week has the makings to be an extremely important one moving forward, for a number of reasons. If there is no bounce back this week back to 4553, a weekly bearish imbalance will be...

The S&P 500 is closing the week in the green in light of positive inflation data. The index was 2.48% higher on the week ahead of the market close Friday. Other major market indexes also showed an upward trajectory, with the Dow Jones rising 2.36% on the week. The Nasdaq Composite is set for a...

U.S. producers saw another lower-than-expected inflation report on Thursday, indicating that pandemic price pressures virtually evaporated in June. The producer price index (PPI) inflation was 0.1% year-on-year in June, down sharply from 0.9% in May and 0.4% lower than expected, setting a new low...

Economic data issued Thursday indicates a marked reduction in pricing pressures in June, causing many investors to anticipate an end to the Federal Reserve's interest rate hike cycle, except for one final 25-bps hike in July. What Happened: The Producer Price Index (PPI) increased by 0.1% in June,...

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Following a lower-than-expected consumer price index inflation report on Wednesday, American producers saw a further reduction in pricing pressures in June. What happened: The Producer Price Index (PPI) for final demand recorded a 0.1% month-on-month rise in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics...

Following the lower-than-expected consumer price inflation data released Wednesday, there may be more positive news coming on the inflation front with the Thursday release U.S. producer price index (PPI) report. Economists predict a year-over-year increase of 0.4% for the PPI index in June, down...

To gain an edge, this is what you need to know today. China’s Producer Deflation Please click here for a chart of Xtrackers Hvst CSI 300 China A-Shs ETF (ARCA: ASHR). Note the following: The chart shows that unlike the U.S., the Chinese market has not staged a significant...

U.S. producers now face the reality of deflation, as the Producer Price Index (PPI) for final demand slumped 0.3% month-on-month in May, down from the previous 0.2% monthly increase and below the expected 0.1% fall, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. The PPI print follows the...

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a rebound in the Producer Price Index (PPI) for final demand in April, with a month-over-month rise of 0.2%. The increase comes after a revised drop of 0.4% in March and falls short of the expected 0.3% increase. The modest rise is largely attributable...

The Producer Price Index (PPI) for final demand rose 0.2% month-over-month in April, rebounding after the revised 0.4% drop in March but coming in below the expected 0.3% increase, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday. The release came after the April's consumer price index (...

The SPDR S&P 500 (ARCA:SPY) is rising Thursday morning after new data showed that U.S. producer prices fell more than economists expected last month, another sign the Federal Reserve's aggressive response to high inflation is starting to take effect. What...

The SPDR S&P 500 (ARCA:SPY) is trading higher Wednesday after CPI data came in below average economist estimates, a potential sign that inflation may be coming down fast enough for the Federal Reserve to pause in its fight against inflation. PPI should help to paint a clearer picture. What To...

U.S. producer prices fell more than economists had expected last month in a sign the Federal Reserve's aggressive response to high inflation is starting to take hold.  What To Know: The producer price index (PPI) fell 0.1% in February, according to new data...