This level of inflation, combined with falling unemployment and rising capacity utilization, is a recipe for continued preventative rate hikes. -Drew Matus

 

This level of inflation, combined with falling unemployment and rising capacity utilization, is a recipe for continued preventative rate hikes.


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Higher oil increasingly will creep into the indicators. Today, it biased the trade gap higher and pushed up import prices and also impeded the consumer sentiment number.

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Modestly weaker-then-expected capital goods orders data suggest a slight shift in growth toward Q4 away from Q1 but the simple fact is that the data clearly suggests that factories are going to be humming throughout Q1.

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We expect a balanced speech that reaffirms that a March hike is likely, but that subsequent moves are data-dependent.

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We expect the recent jump in retail gasoline prices to push down confidence. Optimistic views around the labor market will likely offset some of the gasoline sticker shock.

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Growth was lower than expectations because of inventories -- which will need to be rebuilt -- while moderating employment costs will make it less costly for firms to hire additional workers. The still-strong level of wage and salary should buoy consumption.

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