The gold market is approaching its earlier lows after the latest data shows U.S. producers saw mixed price pressures last month.The headline Producer Price Index (PPI) rose 1.1% in May, following April's downwardly revised 1.1% rise, the U.S. Labor Department announced on Thursday. The latest inflation data was higher than expectations, as economists looked for a 0.7% increase.
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March Headline PPI Highest in Three Years.
+4.0% on headline PPI year over year is a big jump of +60 bps month over month on final demand.
Neils Christensen has a diploma in journalism from Lethbridge College and has more than a decade of reporting experience working for news organizations throughout Canada. His experiences include covering territorial and federal politics in Nunavut, Canada.
Markets this week focus on PPI inflation data, Fed speakers, and key earnings from Goldman Sachs and Netflix as investors assess policy and growth signals.
Here's a breakdown of the markets and stocks that could be most positively exposed to an inflationary increase after February's hot Producer Price Index data.
Neils Christensen has a diploma in journalism from Lethbridge College and has more than a decade of reporting experience working for news organizations throughout Canada. His experiences include covering territorial and federal politics in Nunavut, Canada.
Jim Wyckoff has spent over 25 years involved with the stock, financial and commodity markets. He was a financial journalist with the FWN newswire service for many years, including stints as a reporter on the rough-and-tumble commodity futures trading floors in Chicago and New York.
Jim Wyckoff has spent over 25 years involved with the stock, financial and commodity markets. He was a financial journalist with the FWN newswire service for many years, including stints as a reporter on the rough-and-tumble commodity futures trading floors in Chicago and New York.
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