+8.9% y/yprior +9.6%---The New Zealand Food Price Index (FPI) is a measure of the changes in the average price of food items sold in New Zealand.calculated and published monthly by Statistics New Zealandthe FPI tracks the prices of a basket of food items that...
Heads up for Biden to speak Thursday – on the economy
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Newswire says US government reportedly looking to offload almost USD13bn of mortgage bonds
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Carlyle CEO says the FOMC will hike rates one more time this year
David Rubenstein is CEO and co-founder of the Carlyle Group, a US-based private equity, alternative asset management and financial services firm (Federal Reserve Chair Powell was an employee at the firm).Says the FOMC will do one more interest rate hike this yearsays...
Goldman Sachs on why the S&P 500 could go higher than their 4500 target
Goldman Sachs’ chief U.S. equity strategist David Kostin was speaking in an interview on Tuesday. He said it’s possible the S&P 500 overshoot his 12-month target of 4,500 ... “The upside potentially would be that rates fall a little bit”arguing that lower rates...
US August CPI due today – preview – final piece of the puzzle for the FOMC meeting
The data is due at 8.30 am US Eastern time. Preview comments via CIBC:August CPI will be the final piece of the puzzle for the Fed ahead of its September meetingWe expect the last few soft readings to start to form a trend, with core CPI in August expected to come in...
Fed rate cut in early 2024? “I don’t think that’s going to happen” says Mohamed El-Erian
Mohamed El-Erian, Allianz’s chief economic advisor ,spoke with CNBC on Tuesday, says an assumption that the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is going to be able to cut rates early next year is wrong:“I don’t think that’s going to happen.” El Erian says its likely...
SocGen raised its S&P 500 price target for the end of 2023 to 4,750 (from 4,300)
Reuters reporting, citing a Société Générale note. SocGen raised its S&P 500 price target for the end of 2023 to 4,750 from 4,300. in coming months, calls for a recession will be "deleted/delayed" "... we stay bullish near term." support for the S&P 500 coming...
Bond King Gundlach says the Fed is done raising rates
DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach was speaking at the Future Proof conference Tuesday at Huntington Beach, California.said the Fed’s tightening cycle should come to an end as the economy slows down further “I think they are done. We have enough economic...
Private oil survey data shows a build for the headline crude number vs. draw expected
The inventory data from the private survey is out now, official data follows on Wednesday morning (US time). Via Twitter:Expectations I had seen centred on:Headline crude -1.9mn barrelsDistillates +1.3 mn bblsGasoline +0.2 mn--This data point is from a...
EUR/USD higher on ECB rate hike leak
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Forexlive Americas FX news wrap: Oil hits a fresh 10-month high
Markets:Gold down $9 to $1912US 10-year yields down 1.6 bps to 4.27%WTI crude oil up $1.60 to $88.89S&P 500 down 0.5%CAD leads, JPY lagsToday's price action largely confirmed that the market is in a wait-and-see mode until we get CPI data and hear from the ECB....
Unnamed sources says ECB to hike its inflation forecasts, firms case for rate rise
Info via Reuters citing unnamed sourcethe European Central Bank's new 2024 inflation projection to be above 3% vs 3% in June, firming case for interest rate hikeECB to cut 2023 and 2024 economic growth projections to broadly in line with market expectationsThe ECB...
US equity close: Apple drags after the latest iPhone announcement
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What are the crowded trades
Some results of the latest Bank of America fund manager survey:: 74% see "soft or no landing"75% say "short-term rates to fall" 0% expect stronger China growth in the next 12 months Japan at biggest overweight since Dec'18)55% say US tech is the most crowded...
Economic calendar in Asia Wednesday, 13 September 2023 – Japan Tankan, PPI
In addition to what is listed below is the Reuters Tankan report for the month. Due at 2300 GMT.The Reuters Tankan is a monthly survey conducted by Reuters news agency in collaboration with the International University of Japan.is similar to the Tankan survey...
Trade ideas thread – Wednesday, 13 September 2023
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US August CPI preview: Are we worried about now or later?
It's been a sluggish start to the US trading week (though not the Tokyo week) but that will change on Wednesday with the release of the August consumer price index report.There's no scope for this data point to meaningfully change the odds of a September Fed rate...
AAPL stock falls to fresh session low after latest product announcements
AAPL stock daily chartAAPL stock is under pressure following the announcement of the iPhone 15 and a new Apple Watch. The 2.5% decline in the shares following the event is a session low and highlights something of a 'sell the fact' reaction. It's something we've seen...
BP CEO Bernard Looney to resign
The CEO of BP is resigning less than four years into the job. The 53-year-old is stepping down after spending his entire career with the energy giant. Looney suddenly found himself offside of the prevailing thinking in oil and gas as he pledged to reduce output and...