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🇺🇸 Collins calls the hold "close to neutral" as the Fed's real rate buffer approaches zero

After 175 basis points of cuts since mid-2024, Boston Fed President Susan Collins put the current stance at "mildly restrictive, perhaps quite close to neutral." With core PCE running at 3.5%, the real policy rate is barely above zero.

🇺🇸 Collins calls the hold "close to neutral" as the Fed's real rate buffer approaches zero
After 175 basis points of cuts since mid-2024, Boston Fed President Susan Collins put the current stance at "mildly restrictive, perhaps quite close to neutral." With core PCE running at 3.5%, the real policy rate is barely above zero.
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🇪🇺 ECB hikes into an energy shock while Switzerland shows what the alternative looks like

Eurozone retail sales fell −0.4% in April. May HICP hit 3.2%, with energy up 10.9% year-on-year, a supply shock the ECB's June hike to 2.25% cannot fix. Next door, the SNB holds at 0% with Swiss CPI at 0.6%.

🇪🇺 ECB hikes into an energy shock while Switzerland shows what the alternative looks like
Eurozone retail sales fell −0.4% in April. May HICP hit 3.2%, with energy up 10.9% year-on-year, a supply shock the ECB's June hike to 2.25% cannot fix. Next door, the SNB holds at 0% with Swiss CPI at 0.6%.
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🇬🇧 UK construction closes in on GFC-length contraction as rate markets flip from cuts to hikes

UK Construction PMI dropped to 38.2 in May, the 17th consecutive sub-50 reading, as input costs accelerated at their fastest pace since June 2022. Rate markets have shifted from pricing cuts to hikes, with the implied year-end bank rate at 4.00%.

🇬🇧 UK construction closes in on GFC-length contraction as rate markets flip from cuts to hikes
UK Construction PMI dropped to 38.2 in May, the 17th consecutive sub-50 reading, as input costs accelerated at their fastest pace since June 2022. Rate markets have shifted from pricing cuts to hikes, with the implied year-end bank rate at 4.00%.
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🌏 India's 59.8 services PMI gives the RBI political cover for a hawkish tilt tomorrow

India's HSBC Services PMI hit 59.8 in May, a six-month high, with the June 6 RBI rate decision days away. Wholesale price inflation at 8.3% year-on-year and a record-low rupee are pushing the central bank toward a hawkish signal.

🌏 India's 59.8 services PMI gives the RBI political cover for a hawkish tilt tomorrow
India's HSBC Services PMI hit 59.8 in May, a six-month high, with the June 6 RBI rate decision days away. Wholesale price inflation at 8.3% year-on-year and a record-low rupee are pushing the central bank toward a hawkish signal.
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🇨🇳 Caixin services jump to 54.4 as manufacturing returns to stall speed

Caixin Services hit 54.4 in May, 2.1 points above consensus, while the NBS Manufacturing PMI slipped to exactly 50.0. China's recovery is running on services; the factory sector has stalled.

🇨🇳 Caixin services jump to 54.4 as manufacturing returns to stall speed
Caixin Services hit 54.4 in May, 2.1 points above consensus, while the NBS Manufacturing PMI slipped to exactly 50.0. China's recovery is running on services; the factory sector has stalled.
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