Equity markets fell on Wednesday after a hotter-than-expected CPI report affirmed the growing fear there would be no interest rate cuts this summer. The CPI accelerated at the headline level and was flat at the core, hotter than forecast on all counts, indicating the Fed’s work is far from over. Because the labor market data remains resilient and economic conditions healthy, the FOMC will unlikely cut rates until inflation is tamed, which could be a long way off. The cost of gasoline was a leading cause of inflation, and gasoline, along with diesel and other fuels, has a compounding influence on prices throughout the economic system.
The S&P 500 fell more than 1.3% at the session’s low to set a two-week low. This is the longest and deepest pullback in the S&P 500 index, and the decline may not be over. Because the inflation outlook is heating up and the outlook for rate cuts is cooling down, the forecast for S&P 500 earnings growth in the second half is garbage. In this scenario, a reduction in the consensus forecast could undercut market action and lead the S&P 500 to a significant sell-off.
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The European Central Bank will likely use its Thursday meeting as a prelude to a first interest rate cut in June as the rich world’s central banks, including the ECB and the U.S. Federal Reserve, assess how soon receding inflation will let them loosen credit for businesses and consumers.It’s a step …
The U.S. housing market is just getting over the hump of a recent scare. According to data from the Intercontinental Exchange Inc., most homeowners currently hold mortgages at rates of around 3.2%, and only a few are willing to let go of this generational low financing rate. On the buyer side, few …
Shares in Europe and Asia were mostly lower on Thursday after U.S. stocks fell following another release of hotter than expected inflation data.Germany’s DAX fell 0.4% to 18,022.81 and the CAC 40 in Paris was unchanged at 8,046.18. In London, the FTSE 100 gave up 0.2% to 7,948.35. The futures for th…
PriceSmart’s (NASDAQ: PSMT) shares soared on the Q2 results and outlook but did not hold the gains. As ominous as the candle is, the pullback is an attractive entry point that may be among the smartest buys of the year. Nothing in the report signals weakness or diminishing value, and extenuating cir…
The Swiss government Wednesday announced steps to bolster its “too big to fail” rules aimed at avoiding potentially disastrous fallout from banking sector turmoil after woes last year at Credit Suisse before it was taken over by rival UBS. Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter told reporters that the…
Macy’s said Wednesday it has named two independent directors to its board that were pushed by activist investor Arkhouse Management, ending a proxy fight that aimed to replace most of the board and to acquire the iconic chain
Delta Air Lines eked out a narrow first-quarter profit and said Wednesday that demand for travel is strong heading into the summer-vacation season, with travelers seemingly unfazed by recent incidents in the industry that ranged from a panel blowing off a jetliner midflight flight to a tire falling …
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