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Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates fall for a third week in a row

Mortgage rates are still more than double what they were in early January, mirroring a sharp rise in the yield on the 10-year Treasury note. The yield is influenced by a variety of factors, including global demand for U.S. Treasurys and investors’ expectations for future inflation, which heighten the prospect of rising interest rates overall.
— PBS (December 2)   (Pocket)  

UK inflation expectations have eased, business survey finds

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— Financial Times (December 2)   (Pocket)  

Oil up on China COVID hopes, but OPEC+ output concerns offset gains - CNBC

Weakness in the U.S. dollar, which tends to trade inversely with oil, also helped to boost crude prices. The dollar index has fallen to 106.65 from a 20-year high as investors look toward the Federal Reserve reaching a peak rate early next year with inflation pressures expected to ease.
— CNBC (December 2)   (Pocket)  

Fed president expects inflation to persist through to 2024

"The fact that the labor market is so strong gives us license to pursue our disinflationary strategy now and try to get the inflation under control now. So we don't replay the 1970s, where the FOMC at that time took 15 years to get inflation under control," he said.
— Just the News (December 1)   (Pocket)  

Reelin' in the year: Powell's pivot, Fed unity, and the war on inflation - Reuters

WASHINGTON, Nov 30 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve started 2022 expecting a surge in inflation to subside as the pandemic-scarred economy got back to normal, and divided over how much the U.S. central bank might need to help the process with higher interest rates.
— Reuters (December 1)   (Pocket)  

Did European Inflation Just Peak?

Germany's headline CPI just fell 0.5% MoM (notably worse than the 0.2% decline expected) - its biggest monthly decline since Dec 2020, pulling the YoY CPI down from 10.4% to 10.0% with factors including energy costs being the driver of the drop in prices.
— ZeroHedge Opinion (November 30)   (Pocket)  

'Real big sigh of relief': Stock, bond ETFs jump on inflation report while investors eye equal-weighted strategies - MarketWatch

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Thursday that inflation measured by the consumer-price index rose 0.4% in October for an annual rate of 7.7%. Last month’s rise was softer than expected, with the rate of inflation easing from 9.1% in the 12 months through June.
— Market Watch (November 29)   (Pocket)  

@financialjuice: US 1-YEAR CONSUMER INFLATION RATE EXPECTATIONS 7.2% IN NOVEMBER, UP FROM THE 6.9% IN OCTOBER.