Unhedged feels only a little reassurance. We thought inflation was all but beaten four months ago, and were wrong; once burnt, and all that. Despite this good report, however you look at it, core inflation is closer to 3 per cent than 2 per cent, and the trend is sideways, not down.
Reports of the demise of US inflation have been greatly exaggerated. Today on the show, Rob Armstrong and Aiden Reiter discuss the continuing high numbers and what the Fed might do about it this year. Also they go long Ohio State and short New Year’s resolutions.
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The battle of expectations continues. Republicans believe inflation will fall to 0.1%, while Democrats foresee 4%.
Corporate earnings are coming in strong. Investors are also seeing the Trump administration take a less aggressive approach to tariffs than some had expected.
As inflation rates, as measured by the consumer price index, have fallen from over 9% in mid-2022 to under 3% recently, the prices of most individual goods and services have dropped sharply. Energy prices have collapsed,
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A SHAKE-UP of funding flows between the Archbishops’ Council and dioceses, set out in a paper to come before the General Synod, includes £200 million of “time-limited additional support” for dioceses and the abolition of diocesan apportionment.
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The FedWatch tool shows that the likelihood of further interest rate cuts during this week's FOMC meeting was almost zero per cent. President Trump demanded rate cuts and lower oil prices early this week,
Investors have already seen the yield on the 10-year Treasury rise from as little as 3.6 per cent in mid-September to about 4.8 per cent this month — its highest level since November 2023 — before falling back, slightly, to about 4.64 per cent. Bond yields move inversely to prices.