Last Week
- U.S. Inflation Data Disappoints – Headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) data dropped to 1.8% year-over-year in May while core levels ticked down to 2%.
- Global Political Tensions Challenge Investors – Financial markets sorted through a number of political developments globally last week.
- Chinese Growth and Trade Indicators Mixed – Investors have been monitoring Chinese economic data closely since the U.S. imposed tariffs in 2018.
This Week
- Fed Expected to Clarify Policy Stance s Investors Call for Rate Cuts -The June Federal Reserve meeting concludes this Wednesday, where the Fed is expected to clarify its stance on potential rate cuts in the near-term as well as release a new set of dotplot forecasts.
- Manufacturing Expected to Rebound – With the exception of the U.S., all the major regions’ manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) readings were in contractionary territory (below 50) in May.