Dollar index rises
Interest rate worries continue to weigh on Wall Street
05/12/2022 10:23 p.m
The uncertainty following the latest inflation data weighs on the US stock market. The stagflation discussion is likely to continue. Despite the prospect of rising interest rates, yields are falling again. The dollar, on the other hand, is climbing to the highest levels since 2002.
After another changeable course, Wall Street closed unevenly. The stock market is still debating whether price increases have peaked after the latest inflation data in the USA. The uncertainty about this tended to weigh on the US stock market. Of the Dow Jones Index lost 0.3 percent to 31,730 points, the S&P 500 lost 0.1 percent during the Nasdaq Composite increased by 0.1 percent. A total of 1,530 (Wednesday: 1,094) winners and 1,860 (2,309) losers were counted on the Nyse, with 87 (97) titles remaining unchanged.
After consumer prices, which have recently fallen slightly but are still higher than forecast, inflation based on producer prices weakened within the forecast range – in the core rate even a little more clearly than expected. At the same time, the weekly labor market data were slightly weaker than forecast. The stagflation discussion is likely to continue.
Yields fell again despite the prospect of rising interest rates. Concerns about an economic downturn drove investors to the supposedly safe bond haven. The yield on ten-year US government bonds is falling below the important three percent mark.
The dollar soared to the highest levels since 2002 dollar index increased by 0.9 percent. In view of falling market interest rates, as with US bonds, investors are relying on the supposed security in uncertain times. the oil prices turned positive over time. The pressure from Western countries on Russia is reducing the supply there, it said. The country’s emissions fell by 9 percent in April. Meanwhile, the firm dollar slowed the price of gold.
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