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23 Feb 2023

Fed Terminal Rate has climbed 50bps year-to-date and keeps rising

This is the chart that is rattling the markets: Fed Terminal Rate has climbed 50bps year-to-date and keeps rising!

23 Feb 2023

German Food CPI jumped 20.2% YoY in January

Supermarket inflation remains elevated in Gernmany. Food CPI jumped 20.2% YoY in January. Following the rebalancing of the basket of goods by German Statistics Office, food now has a higher weight in inflation rate. Share rose by 2ppts from 8.5% to 10.5%. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg

22 Feb 2023

Japan’s Key Yield Rises Above 0.5% BOJ Ceiling for Second Day

Source: Bloomberg

17 Feb 2023

China ramps up cash injection to prevent funding stress

The People’s Bank of China offered 835 billion yuan ($121 billion) of cash via seven-day reverse repurchase contracts on Friday, resulting in an injection of 632 billion yuan on a net basis. That’s the largest one-day addition on record in data going back to 2004 - Sources: C.Barraud, Bloomberg

17 Feb 2023

14 economic indicators reported this week related to the US consumer and prices. 12 of them came in above expectations.

Source: Tavi Costa, Crescat Capital

15 Feb 2023

Valentine's inflation

Source: Statista

15 Feb 2023

The shelter component of US CPI just had its highest 2-month increase in 33 years

Sourc: Bloomberg, Tavi Costa, Crescat Capital

15 Feb 2023

A mixed US CPI report

January US CPI was inline with Street estimates on MoM basis, coming in +0.5% for the headline number and +0.4% for the core. On YoY basis, things ran bit hot, coming in +6.4% headline (down from +6.5% in December but ahead of Street estimates at +6.2%) and +5.6% for the core (down from +5.7% but ahead of St’s +5.5%. Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ

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