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20.02.26 - 18:01
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Bostic Says It′s Prudent to Have ′Mildly Restrictive′ Fed Policy (Bloomberg)
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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic says it is prudent to have rates that are "mildly restrictive" to return inflation to 2% level and that current Fed policy is 25-50 basis points above neutral. He speaks at a moderated discussion with the editor of the Birmingham Business Journal. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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20.02.26 - 16:01
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USA: PCE-Deflator - Inflation dürfte das FOMC kaum beeinflussen! (Anleihencheck)
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Hannover (www.anleihencheck.de) - Zu der etwas ungewissen Stimmung bei den Notenbankern der USA gesellt sich nun eine spannende Datenlage hinzu, welche zunächst nicht helfen dürfte eine klarere Prognose für die nächste FOMC-Sitzung abzugeben, so die Analysten der Nord LB.
Der heutige PCE-Deflator für den Dezember falle mit 0,4% M/M etwas höher aus als zunächst erwartet und signalisiere folglich eine leicht gesteigerte Dynamik bei dieser Inflationsrate. [mehr]...
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20.02.26 - 15:48
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Savings Rate Tumbles To 4 Year Lows As Fed′s Favorite Inflation Indicator Comes In Hot (ZeroHedge)
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Savings Rate Tumbles To 4 Year Lows As Fed's Favorite Inflation Indicator Comes In Hot
The Fed's favorite inflation indicator - Core PCE (a measure of price changes in consumer goods and services that excludes volatile food and energy costs) - rose 0.4% in December (the latest data released today), slightly hotter than expected (+0.3% MoM). That lifted YoY inflation up 3.0% (above the prior month and hotter than expected) - the highest since April 2025...
Source: Bloomberg
The headline PCE rose 0.4% MoM (more than expected too) driving prices up 2.9% YoY (the highest since March 2024)
Source: Bloomberg
The much watched SuperCore PCE rose 0.3% MoM (the last MoM decline was April 2020). But the SuperCore PCE YoY printed +3.3% - very much unmoved in the last year...
Services prices continue to dominate the price gains but Goods costs also accelerated in December...
Many were fearful of the recent surge in oil prices impacting inflation, but as the chart below shows, the government's measure of...
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20.02.26 - 15:48
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ECB Quietly Prepares Global Liquidity Backstop As Euro Debt Wave Builds (ZeroHedge)
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ECB Quietly Prepares Global Liquidity Backstop As Euro Debt Wave Builds
Submitted by Thomas Kolbe
Starting in the third quarter of 2026, new rules will apply to the so-called euro repo facility. Central banks worldwide will be able to post up to €50 billion in euro-denominated collateral, such as government bonds, with the ECB in order to obtain euro liquidity from the central bank in cases of acute need. The goal is to guarantee the permanent availability of euro liquidity, replacing the previously time-limited repo lines.
Central banks typically resort to this monetary policy instrument during phases of acute liquidity stress — most recently during the COVID lockdowns. The repo facility counts among the central banks' immediate crisis tools. The so-called EUREP (Eurosystem Repo Facility for Central Banks) was launched on June 25, 2020, as a short-term liquidity solution for associated central banks: the Central Bank of Kosovo drew €100 million, Montenegro €250 million in short-term ...
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