Wednesday, October 13, 2021

FOMC aftermath

FOMC minutes results: Reductions in the pace of asset purchases, by $10 billion in the case of Treasury securities and $5 billion in the case of agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS)

CPI outcome: Core Inflation Rate YoY unchanged 4% and Inflation Rate YoY 5.4% +0.1% more than expected.

Dollar index retreated to 94.1 with fear of inflationary pressures remained high in September helping the equities to rally US500 +0.28% USNDX+0.76%. FOMC showed that it is close to start tapering, possibly in mid-November with hike rates possible at late 2022 or early 2023. 

As predicted, JPY rallied USDJPY: 113.28 -0.27 -0.24%


CPI DATA

Dollar index DXY

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