Fed’s Barkin: We are clearly on the back side of inflation

  • It’s hard to know how much signal to take from inflation last year, or this quarter, or last couple of weeks
  • I didn’t quite get more confidence in Q1 this year about inflation, we’ll see where we go
  • On the goods side, I hear pricing power is waning
  • This month’s inflation reading was very encouraging
  • Labor market is also heading in the right direction
  • The hiring rate has dropped a lot
  • I’m watching closely if we’re going to see an acceleration
  • The dynamic underpinning spending is a strong jobs market and a stock market at record levels
  • Consumer spending is still solid
  • It’s not hard to see scenarios where the labor market weakens

US 5-year breakevens are at 2.16%, the bond market has already decided that inflation is over.

This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com. Source