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Updated · investinglive.com · Jul 6
Waller, Lagarde and 3 Others Speak as Markets Await US CPI and ISM at 54.0
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Updated · investinglive.com · Jul 6

Waller, Lagarde and 3 Others Speak as Markets Await US CPI and ISM at 54.0

3 articles · Updated · investinglive.com · Jul 6

Summary

  • Five central bank officials — Fed Governor Christopher Waller, ECB's Isabel Schnabel, Christine Lagarde and Philip Lane, and BoE's Catherine Mann — are due to speak Monday as trading stays largely in consolidation mode.
  • US ISM services is expected at 54.0 versus 54.5 previously, while next Tuesday's US CPI report is seen carrying more weight for rate expectations than the recent nonfarm payrolls data.
  • Eurozone retail sales and PPI are the main European releases, but the report says they are too low-tier to shift the ECB outlook and are likely to draw only muted market reaction.
  • S&P Global's US PMI survey showed a slight services uptick but described growth as subdued, citing customer resistance to high prices and low consumer confidence, while noting June input-cost inflation cooled partly on lower energy prices.
  • The speeches land ahead of Wednesday's FOMC minutes, which investors will parse for Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's early policy thinking after the June decision to hold rates at 3.50%-3.75%.

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