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War or rate hikes, it’s very clear that investors are worried about the former. Sentiment took a deep dive on Friday on worries over an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine. WTI crude oil surged to Read more…

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Summary United States: Hot Inflation Data Widen the Door for a More Aggressive Fed Move in March Consumer prices rose a better-than-expected 0.6% in January, and the details of the report hinted that just as Read more…

U.S. Highlights U.S. prices continued to heat up in January as headline inflation accelerated to 7.5% year-on-year from 7.0% in December. Excluding food and energy, core prices also rose notably over the year to 6.0% Read more…

Canada’s January inflation report will be the headline event next week after another acceleration in the U.S. numbers. The Canadian CPI year-over-year growth rate is expected to have ticked down to 4.7% in January, little Read more…

With a US CPI print higher than expected and a known hawk on the wires (Bullard), markets began to speculate that an interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve could come before the Fed’s next Read more…

The preliminary reading for the February Michigan Consumer Sentiment was 61.7 vs an expectation of 67.5 and a January reading of 67.2.  This was the lowest reading since October 2011! Most of the miss was Read more…

It has been one hell of a week in the markets, and a Super Thursday for volatility. Consumer inflation once again exceeded expectations in the US, rising to its highest level since 1982 at 7.5 Read more…

How will central banks respond? Inflation and interest rates have been at the forefront of investors’ minds so far this year and that’s unlikely to change for some time yet. Earnings season provided a welcome Read more…