Fed’s Powell comments on US disinflation and interest rate hikes
US stock markets rallied on Tuesday after the US Federal Reserve (Fed) head Jerome Powell delivered a speech before the Economic Club of Washington. In other news, the US-China trade balance hit a record high in 2022 even as their diplomatic relations deteriorated. In the UK, the FTSE 100 share index is heading back towards […]
Asia FX muted amid disinflation talk, RBI supports rupee By Investing.com
© Reuters. By Ambar Warrick Investing.com — Most Asian currencies moved little on Wednesday as traders digested less hawkish than expected comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, while the Indian rupee advanced as the Reserve Bank vowed more interest rate hikes. The was among the better performers for the day, rising 0.2% after the […]
Dollar tumbles as Fed says disinflation in play By Reuters
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Woman holds U.S. dollar banknotes in this illustration taken May 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar slid on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it had turned a corner in the fight against inflation, giving markets a boost in confidence that the end […]
Morgan Stanley expect the Federal Reserve to pause at the March meeting – ‘disinflation’
At his press conference following the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) statement on Wednesday Federal Reserve System Chair Powell mentioned the “disinflation” word 13 times. After the December FOMC meeting, at his presser, Powell said that word, let me count, zero times. For those divining nuance from the words of a Fed Chair this is […]
US Data, and the Disinflation Narrative
After months of inflation coming in way above the Fed’s target, the latest releases show a different trend. US monthly CPI figures for December showed a drop in prices, largely aided by energy prices. Yesterday, producer prices came in much more negative than expected. If inflation is bad, then the opposite would be good, right? […]