China CPI and PPI
Price and Industrial Production Data for Many Economies, Big ECB Announcement Tomorrow, and So Much More
September 10, 2025
French President Macron wasted little time appointing his next Prime Minister, Sebastien Lecornu and by picking someone whose policy preferences align with his signals a continuing stress on budget cuts and pro-business legislation. Street riots continue in Nepal, and that country’s prime minister resigns. U.S. President Trump suggested he might slap tariffs as high as […] More
Firm Dollar at the Start of a Week with Many Potential Market-Moving U.S. Data Releases
August 11, 2025
(179) Compared to the close of U.S. trading before the weekend, the dollar has advanced by 0.6% against the Swiss franc, 0.5% on a weighted basis and versus the New Zealand dollar, 0.4% relative to the euro and Mexican peso, 0.3% vis-a-vis sterling, the Australian dollar, Korean won and Canadian dollar, and 0.2% against the […] More
Market Focus Swings Back to Inflation
March 11, 2024
This week brings the release of U.S. consumer price data tomorrow, U.S. producer prices on Thursday and U.S. import prices due Friday. China reported CPI and PPI figures today, Japanese producer prices arrive Tuesday as do Brazil’s CPI and the finalized German CPI data. Barring a big surprise, the likeliest initial Fed rate cut is […] More
Continuing Uncertainty Saps Financial Markets of Direction
November 9, 2023
Fed Chairman Powell‘s remarks yesterday didn’t touch on current monetary policy, but he’ll be speaking publicly again today. Investors are hoping for clarification regarding what the Fed is likely to do. Two earthquakes of slightly more than 5.0 on the Richter scale in the oil-producing region of Texas injects confusion into the next move in […] More
Future Monetary Policies in the Financial Market Forefront
September 11, 2023
The dollar opened the week on a softer note, dropping 1.0% against the yen and Australian dollar, 0.8% versus the Mexican peso, 0.7% relative to the kiwi and Chinese yuan, 0.5% against the euro, 0.4% vis-a-vis the Canadian dollar, and 0.2% against sterling. The greenback is 2.1% weaker against the ruble. Share prices dropped by […] More
A Quiet Day Ahead of U.S. Price Data Due Tomorrow and Friday
August 9, 2023
Overnight dollar movements range between +0.2% against the peso and Turkish lira to -0.2% versus the euro and renminbi. Equities recovered some ground after Italy’s government scaled back its windfall profits levy on banks. Share prices have rebounded 2.0% in Italy and 0.9%-1.3% in the U.K., Germany, France, and Spain. The Japanese Equities closed down […] More
Financial Markets Fixated on Latest Round of Price and Bank Earnings Data
April 11, 2023
Ahead of U.S. consumer price and producer price releases tomorrow and Thursday, respectively, investors are combing through a number of other inflation reports around the world. There is additional concern that quarterly U.S. bank earnings due shortly will accentuate recessionary risks, and ongoing IMF/World Bank meetings running all this week also may generate market-sensitive headlines. […] More
Week Ends With a Disappointing U.S. Producer Price Report
December 9, 2022
Some Asian stock markets continued to rally on China’s announced relaxation of Covid restraint measures, which lessens a significant demand depressant in that key economy, but financial markets elsewhere around the world continue to fret over stagflation and the tightening of monetary policies. Next week will be the last one of 2022 before year-end conditions […] More
Mulling More Price Data and Corporate Earnings
October 14, 2022
Bolstered primarily by food price pressure, Chinese consumer price inflation accelerated 0.3 percentage points in September to a 29-month high of 2.8%. At the same time, producer price inflation in China cooled further to a 20-month low of 0.9% versus 10.7% in September 2021. Polish CPI inflation of 17.2% last month was its highest level […] More
U.S. CPI Heads Load of Price Data Released Today Around the World
August 10, 2022
Over ten price indices have been reported this Wednesday: German CPI inflation was confirmed at 7.5% in July, down from 7.6% in June and a 48-year high of 7.9% in May. The energy component subside to a still lofty 35.5% 12-month rate of increase, while food accelerated to 14.8% from 12.7% in the previous month. […] More
