The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge remained stubbornly high in August – but not enough to dash hopes for an interest rate cut at next month’s meeting.Personal consumption expenditures inflation rose 2.7% in August over the past 12 months, heating up from 2.6% in July as expected, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said Friday. Core PCE – which excludes volatile food and energy prices – remained stuck at 2.9%, the same rate as the month before, according to the report.Federal Reserve Chair Jerome P ...

通胀数据 - 8月核心个人消费支出(PCE)价格指数同比上涨2.9% 与7月涨幅持平且符合经济学家预期[1] - 核心PCE通胀连续54个月高于美联储2%的目标水平 该指标排除波动较大的食品和能源市场[2] - 整体PCE通胀率为2.7% 符合预期且较7月涨幅高出0.1个百分点[2] 消费与收入 - 经通胀调整后消费者支出月环比增长0.4% 较7月0.5%的增幅有所放缓[2] - 个人收入月环比增长0.4% 显示收入增长与消费支出增速同步[2] 就业市场预期 - 9月失业率预计维持在4.3% 预期新增就业4.5万人 较8月2.2万人的低迷表现显著改善[3] - 美联储主席指出就业市场疲弱已成为主要担忧 这是美联储将利率下调至4%-4.25%区间的原因[4] 货币政策展望 - 市场预期美联储10月政策会议有85.5%概率再次降息25个基点至3.75%-4%区间[4] - 货币政策制定者几乎一致支持降息 新任理事主张更激进降息幅度达2%[4] - 近期经济增长预估较初值上调近1个百分点 导致降息概率在周四出现下降[4]

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经济数据表现 - 国内生产总值呈现过热态势 通胀持续高位运行[3] - 失业率数据表明企业未进行大规模裁员 就业市场保持稳定[3] - 每小时将公布生产者价格指数数据 通胀趋势未朝正确方向发展[8] 货币政策立场 - 美联储对利率决策保持适应性态度 不预设具体降息路径[16][28][30] - 中性利率模型显示约200个基点的置信区间 实际范围在2.5%至3.5%之间[24] - 政策制定更关注经济对利率水平的实时反应 而非单纯盯住中性利率[25] 通胀驱动因素 - 供应商试图转嫁成本上升压力 包括关税和健康保险等多项成本[5][6] - 消费者出现明显的消费降级行为 从品牌产品转向自有品牌选择[7] - 观察到典型的相对价格权衡现象 特定商品价格上涨但不一定导致广泛通胀[7] 劳动力市场动态 - 劳动力供给与需求同步下降 移民政策调整和临时身份撤销产生影响[10][11] - 每年超过130万65岁以上人口退出劳动力市场[11] - 形成低招聘低解雇环境 失业率上升幅度预计相对有限[10][11][12] 企业信心与关税影响 - 企业不确定性迷雾开始消散 更多企业采取行动而非持观望态度[13][14] - 各行业受关税影响程度不同 部分行业获得更多清晰度而部分行业仍面临不确定性[15] - 企业根据对关税范围的感知进行规划 而非每日跟踪新闻动态[14] 生产率与成本传导 - 经济中出现显著的生产率提升现象[10][30] - 生产率提高减轻了成本传导压力[10] - 消费者对价格上涨的抵制行为限制了通胀下行空间[9]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s favored inflation gauge accelerated slightly in August from a year earlier. The Commerce Department reported Friday that its personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index was up 2.7% in August from a year earlier, a tick higher from a 2.6% year-over-year increase in July and most since February. Excluding volatile food and energy prices, so-called core PCE inflation showed a 2.9% increase in prices from August 2024, same as in July. The increases were what ...

Prices aren't rising so fast as to postpone rate cuts ...

As for boxed beef, these prices have always come with an asterisk given they are “reported” by USDA. Now we have an Ag Secretary whose job requirement is to act as a cheerleader for the US president and make sure everything he says regarding agriculture is proven correct. Recall the president said, on September 8, he would lower beef prices. Since Friday, September 5 (highlighted in orange), the choice beef market has been reported lower every, single, day with select has been down all but four days. Choice ...

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