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[Capital Economics - US @CapEconUS]

It's happening again, everyone over-reacting to CPI and missing that core PCE is going to come in on-target.

[Capital Economics - US @CapEconUS]

$NYCB isn't the canary in the coalmine that signals bad CRE loans are a systemic threat to the banking system. Here's the industry-wide delinquency rate. 👇

[Capital Economics @CapEconomics]

A 10% tariff on all imports. Up to 60% on imports from China. A Donald Trump win in November could mean lower US growth, rebounding inflation and higher rates. But his other isolationist policies would have an even bigger impact on global GDP growth https://t.co/w7Ahh3hvxk

[Capital Economics @CapEconomics]

We’re at the bullish end of 2024 S&P 500 forecasters – get our new report explaining the fundamental and speculative forces that will drive another year of outsized gains for US equities.
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#SP500 #USequities

[Capital Economics - US @CapEconUS]

Apologies, our %m/m estimate was off by 0.001%. We will try harder.

[Capital Economics - US @CapEconUS]

We estimate that core PCE prices increased by 0.17% m/m in Dec, which means the 3m annualised rate fell to 1.5%, the 6m annualised rate remained at a below-target 1.9% and the 12m rate dipped to 2.9%. Ignore the disinflation deniers, it's happening. Rate cut March.

[Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla]

“.. new data on rent inflation released this week raise the possibility that the disinflationary process won’t stop there, with a period of below-target inflation a growing risk.”

- @CapEconUS #CPI

[Paul Ashworth @FCVMacro]

About that "last mile is the hardest" nonsense. Remember rent of shelter accounts for 43% of the core #CPI basket. So if it does fall from 6.2% in Dec to -1% that would subtract 3.1% points, leaving core CPI Inflation at sub-1% by end-2024. Jan rate cut maybe?

[Paul Ashworth @FCVMacro]

We're Team #PCE rather than #CPI, but there's a possible upward revision to the portfolio management component coming that could add 0.14% to the core PCE inflation rate.

[Paul Ashworth @FCVMacro]

The collapse in the NY Fed manufacturing index to -43.7 in Jan is going to attract a lot of attention from the perma bears, but we'd caution it's more likely noise rather than signal.

[Capital Economics - US @CapEconUS]

Also, ifykyk https://t.co/hTznhdlUOF

[Capital Economics - US @CapEconUS]

We estimate that core PCE prices increased by 0.17% m/m in Dec, which means the 3m annualised rate fell to 1.5%, the 6m annualised rate remained at a below-target 1.9% and the 12m rate dipped to 2.9%. Ignore the disinflation deniers, it's happening. Rate cut March.

[Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla]

“The surge in Chapter 11 business bankruptcy filings .. is not as bad as it looks, as many of them related to the WeWork failure. Excluding those, bankruptcies trended lower at the end of 2023 and, with corporate bond yields falling .. the worst may already be behind us.”

@CapEconUS

[Capital Economics - US @CapEconUS]

The recent surge in state & local government employment will soon fade, reflecting the earlier stagnation in tax receipts.
https://t.co/h1GSJet98n

[Capital Economics @CapEconomics]

The lagged impact of previous monetary tightening will continue to push GDP growth well below potential next year. Get our latest forecasts for the #US economy in our Q1 2024 US Economic Outlook. Download the key takeaways from our client report now.
https://t.co/RcrH5d1bIp

[Capital Economics - US @CapEconUS]

Post-SVB, Federal Home Loan Bank advances to commercial #banks rocketed to a record high of more than $1trn. The real lender of last resort in a banking crisis.

[Capital Economics - US @CapEconUS]

After switching up the blend on additive/multiplicative seasonal adjustment, the DoL now thinks that initial jobless #claims have been on an upward trend for several months. That matches a similar adverse trend in the Challenger mass layoffs data.

[Capital Economics @CapEconomics]

There's growing downside risk that the stresses on small US banks & commercial real estate develop into an adverse feedback loop. In a worse-case scenario, this could mean a rolling crisis that lasts for years. Read our report to learn more: https://t.co/IFzvc78wUL
#USrealestate

[Capital Economics - US @CapEconUS]

US labour market appears to be returning to pre-Covid Beveridge curve

[Capital Economics - US @CapEconUS]

H.8 will show us the extent of deposit flight from banks last week.

[Capital Economics - US @CapEconUS]

Data releases this week in new order of importance:
1. H.4.1 Fed's balance sheet (due Thurs)
2. H.8 commercial banks assets & liabilities (due Fri)
3. February CPI

[Capital Economics - US @CapEconUS]

H.4.1 will be our first look at demand for Fed's emergency lending facilities - including new BTFP and DW