Die Verbraucherpreise in den USA sind im Juni zum Vorjahresmonat um 3,0 Prozent nach 3,3 Prozent im Mai gestiegen. Analysten hatten im Schnitt mit einer Abschwächung auf 3,1 Prozent gerechnet.
Read More »Die US-Inflationsrate sinkt leicht
Der Preisdruck in den USA schwächt sich erneut ab. Die Inflationsrate sinkt von 5 auf 4,9 Prozent. Die neuen Daten dürften die Spekulationen um den weiteren Kurs der Fed verstärken.
Read More »DJE Marktausblick: Mit Vorsicht voraus
Mit Blick auf die kommenden Monate hält das Strategieteam von DJE mehr Vorsicht für angebracht. «Zwar sollten die Zinsen nicht weiter steigen, aber das Zinsniveau dürfte länger hoch bleiben als der Markt erwartet», heisst es im jüngsten Ausblick.
Read More »Etwas weniger Fed-Notkredite
Die Banken in den USA haben zuletzt nicht mehr so viel Geld in Anspruch genommen wie in der Woche davor. Mit total 312 Milliarden Dollar sind die Kredite der Notenbank weiterhin höher als auf dem Höhepunkt der Finanzkrise im Jahr 2008, aber etwas unter dem Höchststand vom 22. März.
Read More »Vor weiterer Zinserhöhung des FED
Die Märtke rechnen mit einer weiteren Erhöhung des Leitzinses in der heutigen FED-Sitzung um 25 Basispunkte. Aber angesichts der Probleme im US-Bankensektor sind Überraschungen nicht auszuschliessen.
Read More »“Markets and civil society are win-win institutions, government and politics are zero-sum.”
Interview with Jeff Deist, President Mises Institute, Auburn, USA Division, friction and polarization have been on the rise in the West for at least a decade, but the escalation we saw during the “covid years” was especially worrying. Over the last year, this “worry” has become a truly pressing concern, even a real emergency one might argue, as inflationary pressures and an actual war were added to the mix of political and social tensions. Going into 2023, there are many...
Read More »“It begins”: The rise of the digital dollar
In mid-November, while the whole world was focused on the Ukraine crisis, the US midterms or whatever other “big story” the media decided was more important, a truly momentous shift took place in the global financial system. It might seem like a small step on the surface, but it has the potential to bring about a real and possibly irreversible sea change in the way we use money; or better said, the way it uses us. As Reuters reported on the 15th of November, “Global banking...
Read More »September Fed meeting preview
A rate cut is on the cards, but communication will be more difficultThe Federal Reserve (Fed) is very likely to cut rates again on 18 September, a follow-up to its 25-basis point (bp) rate cut at its last meeting in July. The explanation is likely to again be the need to take “insurance” against growing downside risks to the outlook, including from President Trump’s erratic trade policy as well as weaker foreign growth.Fed Chairman Powell is unlikely to pre-commit to a third rate cut at this...
Read More »T-bond yields trending down, but beware inflationary surprises
The downward tilt to bond yields means we have revised down our year-end forecast for the 10-year US Treasury yield.The impressive 52 basis points fall in the US 10-year Treasury yield to 1.5% made August a remarkable month.Unsurprisingly, the fall owed much to the fear that additional US tariffs on Chinese imports could prolong the global manufacturing recession, thereby increasing the risk of contagion to the services sector and hence sparking a general US slowdown. It seems that market...
Read More »Double pressure from Trump and the yield curve
We now see two additional Fed rate cuts, one in September and one in in October, versus our previous call of only one in September.We continue to expect the Federal Reserve (Fed) to cut rates by 25 basis points on 18 September.Instead of staying put at its 30 October meeting, we now think the Fed will use it to announce a further 25 bps cut, mostly due to the recent escalation of US-China trade tensions.Those two additional cuts still fit within the Fed’s vaguely-defined ‘insurance’...
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