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Producer Inflation Could Tee Up Traders For Crucial Consumer Price Index Release
Monday, August 12, 2024 - 11:13am | 720This week is packed with inflation data for investors to digest, starting with the U.S. government’s release of the Producer Price Index (PPI) report for July on Tuesday, followed by the highly anticipated Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Wednesday. As economists expect producer prices cooling...
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June Producer Inflation Exceeds Forecasts, Restrains Investor Euphoria Following Consumer Price Relief
Friday, July 12, 2024 - 8:45am | 441The Producer Price Index released Friday revealed a higher-than-expected increase in June, surprising investors who had grown confident about interest rate cuts following the sharper-than-anticipated drop in the monthly Consumer Price Index inflation gauge released a day earlier. On an annual basis...
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Stocks Turn To Losses, Bonds Rally On Falling Producer Prices, Rising Jobless Claims: What's Driving Markets Thursday?
Thursday, June 13, 2024 - 1:31pm | 968Wall Street experienced a rude awakening the day after the Federal Reserve’s June policy meeting, as investors sold off risky assets and shifted to safer bonds and cash in response to the latest batch economic data. Although May’s producer inflation was lower than expected, reinforcing...
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Supplier Prices Threaten To Impact Inflation Over Turbulent Commodity Markets, Middle East Instability
Monday, May 13, 2024 - 11:15am | 544This week, traders are gearing up for significant market volatility centered around two major inflation reports: the Producer Price Index (PPI) on Tuesday and the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Wednesday. These reports are crucial indicators of inflationary trends in the U.S. economy and could...
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Mild Producer Price Data Follows Consumer Price Shock, Yet Economists Raise Doubts On Rate Cuts: 'Fed Pivot Is Quickly Disappearing'
Thursday, April 11, 2024 - 12:28pm | 807American producers experienced a surge in price pressures last month, yet the increase was slightly below economist expectations, calming market concerns that spiked after a higher-than-anticipated consumer price inflation report on Wednesday. The Producer Price Index (PPI) climbed from 1.6% in...
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Producer Inflation Preview: The Hidden Factor That Could Tame CPI Enthusiasm
Thursday, August 10, 2023 - 4:41pm | 631In the grand stage of economic ups and downs, there’s a saying that echoes like a mantra: “The last mile is the toughest.” This adage, it seems, finds a perfect resonance when it comes to understanding the inflation dynamics in the U.S. After the twist in July’s consumer...