April 13 -
Inflation data earlier this week that showed price pressures increasing were unsurprising, St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said on Friday as he downplayed the significance for monetary policy.
Not exact matches
That puzzle continued
earlier Wednesday when Labor Department
data showed consumer
inflation, excluding food and energy, was lower than expected at 1.7 percent in the 12 months through November.
Earlier Thursday,
inflation data out of France showed that its economy is teetering.
Earlier in the session, markets were confident about rate hikes in the coming months and digested euro zone
inflation data showing the slowdown was lesser - than - expected.
Earlier in Monday's session, U.S. stocks were helped by
data on income and spending that kept broader
inflation worries in check.
For me the main information coming out of CPI
inflation data is that consumer demand relative to total production continues to be too weak to drive up prices, something confirmed
earlier this week by the August trade numbers, which failed to suggest strong growth in domestic demand.
US stocks cut sharp
early losses to end mostly down slightly on Thursday as some disappointing earnings reports offset strong economic
data, while bond yields slid after a surprising drop in euro zone
inflation data.
Exports are now down 3.6 percent from a year
earlier while both
inflation and industrial production are decelerating, according to Bloomberg
data.
NEW YORK (Reuters)- U.S. stocks cut sharp
early losses to end mostly down slightly on Thursday as some disappointing earnings reports offset strong economic
data, while bond yields slid after a surprising drop in euro zone
inflation data.
And third, regarding
inflation, they do believe that there was in fact a large transitory effect
earlier this year that is now passing through the
data.
Then late in the week, stocks rallied on some strong earnings reports and economic
data, with a better - than - expected initial reading on first - quarter GDP pushing bond - yield lower on Friday and easing some
earlier week concerns about
inflation.
Another report
earlier this week showed that the Fed's preferred measure of
inflation accelerated to its highest in more than a year in March, while
data last week showed that wages grew at their fastest pace in in eleven years in the first quarter.
NEW YORK U.S. stocks cut sharp
early losses to end mostly down slightly on Thursday as some disappointing earnings reports offset strong economic
data, while bond yields slid after a surprising drop in euro zone
inflation data.
Volatility returned to the markets in a big way in
early February after
inflation data triggered fears of a faster rate - hike cycle by the Federal Reserve.
Several essays deal with the
early Universe, blending empirical evidence (such as the COBE microwave background
data and the large - scale structure work of Margaret Geller) with the
inflation theories of Alan Guth and others.
Back in 2003,
early WMAP
data already seemed to fit the theory of
inflation, but there was one big question mark.
But
inflation is tame in many countries and
data out
earlier this week showed the U.S. consumer price index rising at an annual rate of only 1.2 per cent, significantly below the Fed's
inflation target of two per cent.
Still, the TIPS
inflation adjustment is based on the
earliest set of
data.
The pickup in price pressures at the start of the year led to the biggest drop in
inflation - adjusted spending since 2009, according to separate Commerce Department
data earlier this month.
Earlier this week, Federal Reserve officials highlighted the influence of continued weak
inflation data on rates.»
Moreover, no housing price
data in the study are taken from the period between 2001 and
early 2006, the peak period of bubble
inflation.