Following last December's shocking non-farm payrolls data, investors are now turning their attention to December CPI data, scheduled for release next Wednesday. Bank of America analysts Sarah House and Aubrey Woessner expect headline inflation to hit a five-month high of 2.9 percent in December, up from 2.7 percent in November. Core CPI growth is expected to remain at 3.3 percent for the fourth consecutive month, they said in a note. Inflation, they believe, "will stall this year as disinflation...
Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, said the Fed would cut interest rates, but not "earth-shattering".
The long-term decline in the yen has led to a revelation that should not have come as a shock: nothing happens in Tokyo, and Federal Reserve Chairperson Jerome Powell is the real one.