Blackout Period
Watch out for Jerome Powell's remarks this Wednesday.Then — the Fed enters a new phase:The blackout period ends Thursday, meaning Fed officials will be free to speak again starting Friday. source : evan
Central Bank Rate Decisions This Week
source : Bloomberg
US companies are eating tariff costs, as margin pressures persist for an 8th straight month.
Source: zerohedge
In case you missed it: Italy's total government debt has topped €3tn, for the 1st time ever.
Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg
U.S. Tariff Revenue soared to $22.2 Billion during May, an all-time high 🚨🚨
Source: zerohedge
May US inflation slightly cooler than expected. Core CPI rose by 2.8% YoY, just below forecast of 2.9%, while headline inflation at 2.4%, matching expectations.
Both figures remain above Fed's 2% target, but Trump’s tariffs have not yet significantly impacted overall inflation. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg
China’s exports growth missed expectations in May
dragged down by a sharp decline in shipments to the U.S., with analysts saying effects of a Beijing-Washington trade truce will be visible in June data. 🟥 Chinese exports to the U.S. plunged 34.5% from a year ago, marking the sharpest drop since February 2020, according to Wind Information, when the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted trade. Imports from the U.S. dropped over 18%, and China’s trade surplus with America shrank by 41.55% year on year to $18 billion. Overall exports rose 4.8% last month in U.S. dollar terms from a year earlier, customs data showed Monday, shy of Reuters’ poll estimates of a 5% jump. 🟥 Imports plunged 3.4% in May from a year earlier, a drastic drop compared to economists’ expectations of a 0.9% fall. Imports had been declining this year, largely owed to sluggish domestic demand. That was largely offset by its shipment to the Southeast Asian bloc, which jumped nearly 15% from a year, and those to European Union countries and Africa, which rose 12% and over 33%, respectively. Source: CNBC
China’s consumer prices fell for a fourth consecutive month in May
Beijing’s stimulus measures appear insufficient to boost domestic consumption, with price wars in the auto sector adding to downward pressure. 🟥 The consumer price index fell 0.1% from a year earlier, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics released Monday, compared with Reuters’ median estimate of a 0.2% decline. 🟥 CPI slipped into negative territory in February, falling 0.7% from a year ago, and has continued to post year-on-year declines of 0.1% in March, April, and now May. Core inflation, excluding food and energy prices, however, rose 0.6% in May — highest since January this year, according to Wind Information. Separately, deflation in the country’s factory-gate or producer prices deepened, falling 3.3% from a year earlier in May, marking the steepest decline since July 2023 and a sharper drop compared with analysts’ estimates of a 3.2% fall, according to LSEG data. Source: CNBC
