Market Movers & Shakers: PPI, Retail Sales, and Fed Insights

Movers and shakers!

By John Thorpe, Senior Broker

Today’s News:

US Producer Price Index (PPI) Headline Recap

**US July Producer Price Index (PPI) Final Demand: +0.1%; expected +0.2%

**US July Producer Price Index, ex. Food & Energy (PPI): 0.0%; expected +0.2%

**US July Personal Consumption: 0.0%

**US June PPI Final Demand unrevised: +0.2% from +0.2%

Redbook Weekly US Retail Sales Headline Recap

**Redbook Weekly US Retail Sales were +4.7% in the first week of August 2024 vs August 2023

**Redbook Weekly US Retail Sales were +4.7% in the week ending August 10 vs yr ago week

Atlanta Fed President Bostic

Atlanta Fed President Bostic: has gained more confidence with recent inflation data, but wants to see a little bit more data

Watch Tomorrow:

US July consumer price index (CPI) data is forecast by analysts up +0.2% month-to-month, which compares to the previous month’s -0.1%. Core CPI on monthly terms is expected +0.2% in July compared to the prior month’s +0.1%. The data will be released at 7:30 am CT Wednesday morning. CPI on annualized terms is forecast up +3.0% from the year ago month, the core year-over-year figure is expected up +3.2%.

Earnings:

CISCO after the close.

Check times below for econ data

Daily Levels for August 14th, 2024

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