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[ad_1] The consumer price index rose 3.2% from a year ago in July, a sign that inflation has lost at least some of its grip on the U.S. economy. Prices accelerated 0.2% for the month, in line with the Dow Jones estimate, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday. However, the annual rate was slightly below the 3.3% forecast though higher than June. Excluding volatile food and energy prices so-called core CPI also increased 0.2% for the month, equating to a 12-month rate of 4.7%. The annual rate for core also was slightly below a Dow Jones consensus estimate for 4.8%. Markets reacted positively to the report, with futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average up nearly 200 points and Treasury yields mostly lower. Almost all of the monthly inflation increase came from shelter costs, which rose 0.4% and were up 7.7% from a year ago. The BLS said more than 90% of the increase came from that category, which accounts for about one-third of the CPI weighting. Food prices incre...

[ad_1] Last Updated: July 13, 2023, 02:03 IST New York, United States of America (USA) Spot gold was up 1.3% at $1,957.39 per ounce by 10:49 a.m. EDT (1449 GMT), while U.S. gold futures rose 1.3% to $1,963.00. (Reuters) Gold prices surge as cooling US inflation sparks hopes of a sooner-than-expected halt to the Federal Reserve's rate hike cycle Gold prices jumped more than 1% on Wednesday after signs of cooling inflation in the United States boosted hopes that the Federal Reserve could hit the brakes on its rate hike cycle sooner than previously thought. Spot gold was up 1.3% at $1,957.39 per ounce by 10:49 a.m. EDT (1449 GMT), while U.S. gold futures rose 1.3% to $1,963.00. U.S. consumer prices rose modestly in June and registered their smallest annual increase in more than two years as inflation continued to subside. In the 12 months through June, the CPI advanced 3.0%, compared with Reuters estimates of 3.1%. “Gold gapped $10 higher on the softer-than-expected CPI print on ...

[ad_1] Last Updated: July 11, 2023, 01:31 IST New York, United States of America (USA) A street sign for Wall Street is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, New York, U.S., July 19, 2021. (Reuters/File Photo) Wall Street stocks muted as investors analyze Chinese data and anticipate U.S. inflation report. Dollar dips, oil prices decline with supply cuts Wall Street stocks were muted on Monday, while oil prices and the dollar dipped, as investors digested Chinese data that heightened worries of an economic slowdown and looked ahead to a key U.S. inflation report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose about 0.5%, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were both little changed. European shares inched higher on Monday with the travel and leisure sector leading gains, with the pan-European STOXX 600 index up 0.18%. Chinese consumer price figures fell in June, leaving them almost unchanged from a year earlier, while producer prices slid deeper into negati...