Forward looking indicators showing strong evidence of a chain reaction of inflation being well under way in the UK? BOE talking about cutting rates? Do I need to brush up on my doublethink skills?

UK: Fastest expansion of output since May 2023, but cost pressures intensify

So.... predict anything you like and do whatever you want with monetary policy?? Really?? Too much power.

ECB's Simkus: Quarterly projections will form basis for cuts

cock. #p45

Bank of England to cut rates in May, Morgan Stanley says, retaining contrarian call

Correct... bellend

Williams: Inflation across categories has fallen over 1.5 years

Unfortunately it is that easy you just have to do some reading and then some research. Identify the factors that determine price well enough and then build a stat arb strategy around it. Many billionaires have been made doing exactly that. Many ...

Consumer Price Index - March 2024

Correct, well done. Market can always remain totally irrational. That alone trumps all else. But... The macro axiomatic drivers of gold price remain as per my previous posts. To not know something so simple is weird.

Consumer Price Index - March 2024

Conversely comments like this imply that inflation could remain unchecked: Inflation up and rates not up means buy gold. If he'd said... we are not making much progress on inflation; you would sell gold. FF punters: Are we understanding?

Fed's Barkin: I think we're making lot of progress on inflation

Gold is a hedge for unchecked inflation. A small yet huge difference: Like wearing much needed glasses, clearly. If the market believes inflation will precipitate higher rates; then gold goes down (usually)... really simple stuff. Yet everytime, ...

Consumer Price Index - March 2024

My god..... retail struggle with this one. Gold is like the short end. If rates are going up, why do you want gold? If inflation is going up but rates not so... then, yes, buy gold. To say: "inflation up == gold up" is to announce to the world that ...

Consumer Price Index - March 2024

Inflation is out of........ you know how it goes.

Consumer Price Index - March 2024

Someone out there is losing every single time, buying after the news readers buy.

Japan's Kanda: I exchanged views on financial markets with the BOJ and FSA

Let them eat cake Larry. Bell end.

India's love for gold has done little for its economy and investors, BlackRock's Larry Fink...

I would love to meet the people that panic buy JPY everytime hot air is spewed from Japan. They're giving great entries to carry traders. If I had a big enough bat to swing I would sell trillions of Yen to force intervention. Then sell more. ...

Japan's Kanda: I exchanged views on financial markets with the BOJ and FSA

That can't carry_trade on like this, surely?

Japan BOJ, MOF, FSA: To hold meeting to discuss international financial markets at 0915 GMT

As long as everything goes smoothly, good times ahead! Thankfully the future always arrives in a smooth and predictable fashion (he said, having just been born).

Economic Outlook Brightens; Interest Rate Turnaround Expected

But GS are wrong every time.

Goldman Sachs now expects the Bank of Japan to hike rates Tuesday

Wrong. Obviously wrong. But why do they choose to be wrong? We’re witnessing a congnitive dissonance of mammoth proportions. Will be fun trading when it all gets reconciled.

Fed Seen Sticking With Three 2024 Cuts Despite Higher Inflation

What's changed then? Reminiscences of a Stock Operator url Anything? The extent of moral hazard.... definitely has got much much worse. At this rate the fate of the human race will be dependent on whether or not NVIDIA deliver...Ha what an ironic ...

Producer Price Index - February 2024

Where’s your stop?

Earthquake early warning issued for Japan, off Fukushima: JMA

5 is a sneeze mate

Earthquake early warning issued for Japan, off Fukushima: JMA