Fed’s Daly: Inflation is toxic, risks are still to upside

Fed’s Daly: Inflation is toxic, risks are still to upside

San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly (pictured) said Friday that inflation is not only “toxic,” but the risk of its persistence remains on the “upside.” There is a “long way to go” before the Fed can reach its 2% inflation and full employment targets, which means the Fed will continue until the “job is well …

The FED is at war with the Stock Market.. and it has a license to kill….. Who do you think will win?

The FED is at war with the Stock Market.. and it has a license to kill….. Who do you think will win?

“The FEd has the hammer all it has to do is keep going”: Fed official Bill Dudley yesterday.  8 months ago Billy Boy said a soft landing is very hard to achieve and the Fed Might Need to Force Stocks to Fall: For the Fed to achieve its goal of 2% inflation guarantees a punishing …

China Covid reversal ‘risks one million deaths’ in winter wave ….. China’s retail sales down 5.9% in November

China Covid reversal ‘risks one million deaths’ in winter wave ….. China’s retail sales down 5.9% in November

One million Chinese people are at risk of dying from Covid-19 during the coming winter months if President Xi Jinping pursues his pivot to remove strict pandemic controls, new modelling shows. In a stunning reversal after protests against Xi’s zero-Covid policy, Chinese officials have begun dismantling the pandemic control system of lockdowns, mass testing, state …

Oil Prices May Rally Next Year as Russian Exports Sink, IEA Says

Oil Prices May Rally Next Year as Russian Exports Sink, IEA Says

  Oil-demand growth in 2023 boosted to 1.7 million barrels a day Russian output to fall 14% despite defying predictions so far Oil prices could rally next year as sanctions squeeze Russian supplies and demand beats earlier expectations, the International Energy Agency said. Russia’s output — which defied the agency’s previous predictions of collapse this year …

China To Stop Reporting Comprehensive Covid Data….. Covid cases explode in Beijing leaving city streets empty

China To Stop Reporting Comprehensive Covid Data….. Covid cases explode in Beijing leaving city streets empty

China will stop collecting and reporting comprehensive Covid case data after it ended mandatory testing for the virus. The move comes amid a general relaxation of Covid-related restrictions as Beijing adjusts its zero-Covid policy following a wave of protests against the restrictions in large Chinese cities. Bloomberg reports from now on the Chinese authorities will …

BofA Says Don’t Bet on a Rise in Equities After Last Fed Hike

BofA Says Don’t Bet on a Rise in Equities After Last Fed Hike

While investors are impatient for the Federal Reserve to deliver its last rate hike to pile back into equities, history shows they should be wary of doing so while inflation remains persistently high, according to Bank of America Corp. strategists. An analysis by Michael Hartnett and his team showed that stocks outperformed after the Fed …

Putin: Russia could cut oil output in response to price cap…… OPEC Misses Production Quota By 310,000 Bpd

Putin: Russia could cut oil output in response to price cap…… OPEC Misses Production Quota By 310,000 Bpd

MOSCOW, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Russia, the world’s biggest exporter of energy, could cut oil production and will refuse to sell oil to any country that imposes the West’s “stupid” price cap on Russian oil, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. The Group of Seven major powers, the European Union and Australia last week agreed …