With #CPI +7.0% and #PPI +9.7% y/y, #inflation is ๐ช both in the ๐ and inthe ๐ with $WTIC +5.6% (w) and +10.78% YTD, while ๐ -1.9% and consumer sentiment โ๏ธ to decade low.
Letโs dig into the ๐งฎ!
2/13
Featured prominently on last weekโs Barronโs cover, the $CRB +3.17% obliged and put in a new cycle high.
Image: Barron's cover 01/10/2022
2a/13
Commodities inflation is a problem for the โinflation rolling, #Quad4 comethโ narrative.
Chart: $CRB ๐ช
3/13
Hydrocarbons en fuego ๐ฅ over the past week (w) and month (t)
#Inflation - induced by ๐๐ฐdirect from Uncle Sam to businesses (PPP) and individuals (UBI) and monetized by the Fed - dominates the market zeitgeist right now.
Causing dislocations and volatility, fear of #QT is creating opportunities