U.S. consumer prices
Equities Lit Up By Surprisingly Low U.S. CPI Reading
December 18, 2025
Released U.S. consumer price data for November this Thursday overshadowed a continuing parade of scheduled central bank interest rate decisions, with the greatest impact directed at stock markets in Europe and the United States. There had been atypically high uncertainty about what the CPI release would show due to the U.S. federal shutdown-related lull in […] More
September U.S. CPI Inflation a Tad Lower Than Forecast; Preliminary October PMI Survey Results Out Too
October 24, 2025
Only a discernibly worse U.S. inflation report than anticipated was likely to dampen high expectations of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut next week, and that danger has been averted. Although up 0.1 percentage point to an 8-month high of 3.0% in September, total consumer price inflation was below the consensus forecast of 3.1%, and […] More
Some Reprieve in the Panic But Uneasiness Lingers
March 12, 2025
U.S. stock futures were up 0.5-1.0% about an hour before the release of U.S. consumer price figures. In currency trading, the dollar rose 0.6% against the yen despite Bank of Japan Governor Ueda dispelling any notion of imminent direct intervention. He said recent yen appreciation was grounded in fundamental economic trends. Alternatively, the dollar fell […] More
Investors Relieved after November U.S. CPI Data Arrive in Line With Expectations
December 11, 2024
Investors had expected U.S. consumer price inflation to edge up 0.1 percentage point last month due mainly to energy base effects but were braced for a biggest acceleration that could throw cold water on the likelihood of a further Federal Reserve interest rate cut next week. That possibility didn’t happen. The CPI increased 0.3% on […] More
Heavy Diet of Price and GDP Growth Data
August 14, 2024
The dollar had lost 0.4% against the euro and 0.2% versus the Swiss franc and Chinese yuan an hour and a half into the U.S. trading day this Wednesday. Larger net movements of -1.0% and +1.0% had been clocked against the Mexican peso and New Zealand dollar, while values of the yen, sterling and Canadian […] More
Dollar Slips and Equities Rise Ahead of Release of U.S. CPI Data
August 10, 2023
The dollar dropped overnight by 0.6% against the Aussie dollar, 0.5% versus the euro and Swiss franc, 0.4% relative to sterling and 0.1% vis-a-vis the Canadian dollar. One currency against which the dollar strengthened was the Russian ruble, which dropped 0.8%, touching the softest level (98.006/USD) since the onset of the war in Ukraine. U.S. […] More
Softer Dollar Ahead of U.S. CPI Release
June 13, 2023
The dollar in overnight trading lost 0.5% against sterling, 0.4% versus the euro and Aussie dollar, and 0.3% relative to the Swiss franc. Alternatively, the dollar touched a fresh record high of 24.106 Turkish lira but subsequently unwound the incremental gain and a tad more. Much is riding on today’s U.S. CPI figures, which analysts […] More
Great Relief When U.S. CPI Fails to Exceed Expectations
March 14, 2023
The U.S. consumer price report for February was actually not entirely encouraging. But after a strong of worse-than-expected price news, the 6.0% year-on-year rise of total consumer prices matched expectations and represented the eighth decline in a rose from 6.4% in January and 9.1% last June. That was enough to send U.S. stock futures up […] More
Euroland & Japanese GDP Released Before U.S. Consumer Prices
February 14, 2023
On this significant data release day, investors already have perused fourth-quarter GDP figures for many economies, British labor market statistics, and Swiss and Indian producer prices. Now they await the January U.S. CPI report. In financial market action, the dollar fell overnight by 0.6% against sterling, 0.4% versus the euro, 0.3% relative to the Australian […] More
Data Release Menu Today Dominated by Inflation and Industrial Production
November 10, 2022
Ahead of the U.S. October consumer price data release, the dollar had risen overnight by 0.6% against the euro and 0.3% relative to the Swiss franc and Australian dollar. But drops of 0.4% against sterling and 0.2% versus the Japanese yen and Mexican peso held the weighted DXY dollar index’s gain to 0.3%. Ten-year sovereign […] More
