World wide commodity prices have been on the rise. The charts below provide a good look at the year-to-date view of just how much of a rise has occurred. Some have seen moves 30, 40 or even 50%, year to date.
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Some of the more interesting and important items for November 17th :
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Target sees holidays boosting sales to 3-year high – That would be good, since the last...
Well, still no inflation…..
October Core CPI M/M +0.0% vs +0.1% consensus; prior 0.0%
October CPI M/M +0.2% vs +0.3% consensus; prior +0.1%
But housing starts are trending lower again:
October Housing Starts 519K vs 600K ; M/M change -11.7%
And finally, Mortgage apps dried up…
MBA Mortgage Applications -14.4% vs +5.8% Prior
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September Net Long-term TIC Flows were $81.0 billion. The prior report showed an inflow of $128.7 billion.
Foreign interests are still buying, but we are also seeing a noticeable change to the amount of purchases. Several countries are actually redeeming more of late.
China has been adding positions, but at a much...
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Is the government STILL lying about inflation?.
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