Week Ahead on Wall Street This week promises to be a pivotal one for financial markets, with attention squarely back on inflation. Investors will get a double dose of inflation data with the release of the May Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI). Consensus forecasts for the more closely-watched CPI are for…Read more
Possible Second Wave Last week we got important jobs data, this week we get important inflation data. Both are important drivers of financial markets, but just how influential each is depends on investors’ view of its risk to the Federal Reserve’s dual mandate of maximum employment and price stability. If perceived risks are greater with…Read more
To Cut or Not to Cut The Federal Reserve is approaching a critical inflection point in its monetary policy journey. Here’s why: Fed officials are increasingly indicating that interest rates may be near the upper end of the so-called “neutral rate” (i.e. the level at which monetary policy is neither stimulating nor restraining economic activity)….Read more
