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
U.S. May. Nonfarm Payrolls: 139K, [Est. 130k, Prev. 177K]
May. Unemployment Rate: 4.2%, [Est. 4.2%, Prev. 4.2%] May. Average Hourly Earnings (MoM): 0.4%, [Est. 0.3%, Prev. 0.2%] May. Average Hourly Earnings (YoY): 3.9%, [Est. 3.7%, Prev. 3.8%] Source: Bloomberg
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U.S. treasury just bought back $10 billion of its own debt, the largest buyback ever
Source: Department of the Treasury
ECB lowered interest rates for the 8th time in a year after inflation dipped <2% and the economy suffered repeated blows from US tariffs.
ECB cut the deposit rate by 25bps to 2% and reiterated that it’s not pre-committing to a particular path. ECB balance sheet shrank to €6.3tn. Note that ECB deposit rate has fallen below the German inflation rate for the first time since September 2023. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg
Elon Musk: "Flatten the curve"
Source: Future timeline
World debt has now officially crossed $300 trillion
And still continues to climb aggressively Source: Bravos Research
US private sector hiring rose by just 37,000 jobs in May, the lowest in more than 2 years… Trump had this to say 👇
Source: Stocktwits
Elon keeps pounding the table on the fiscal & debt side...
He probably feels that D.O.G.E didn't go far enough...
