Japanese producer prices
This Week’s Main Market-Moving Events Lie Ahead
June 12, 2023
U.S. consumer price and producer prices figures will be released tomorrow and Wednesday, respectively. Then attention will shift to central banks, with announced interest rate decisions and press conferences are scheduled Wednesday by the Federal Reserve, Thursday by the European Central Bank and Friday by the Bank of Japan. Today is a day of anticipation, […] More
Awaiting U.S. March CPI Data and FOMC Minutes
April 12, 2023
Market attention today is fixated on these two U.S. economic releases. While a further deceleration is expected of total CPI inflation, which already has dropped from 9.1% last June to a 17-month low of 6.0% in February, a rise of core inflation (excluding food and energy) above February’s 14-month low of 5.5% also appears plausible. […] More
Data Mix of Elevated Inflation Despite Moderating Growth
October 12, 2021
Today’s menu of price data around the world revealed The highest rate of Japanese domestic producer price inflation (6.3%) since September 2008 and also a larger 31.3% year-on-year leap in import prices. The steepest on-year jump in German wholesale prices (13.2%) since June 1974. As then, energy played a prominent role in the spike. The […] More
T.G.I.F. after Another Difficult Week
July 10, 2020
The New York metropolitan area is bracing for a tropical storm front coming later today. The coronavirus’ grip on world financial markets remains relentless. In the United States, the daily total of newly reported cases surpassed 60k for a second straight day, and deaths from the disease climbed by almost 1k to a grand total […] More
