每日宏观动态
US consumer confidence (July Michigan) in strong rebound; declining June eurozone inflation
US: Housing starts (June): 1427k vs 1310k expected (prior: 1199k revised from 1177k)
- Housing starts have decreased for single-family houses (from 897 k to 895 k) but strongly rebounded for multifamily houses (from 302 k to 532k, figures more in line with past months levels).
- Building permits have decreased from 1410 k to 1367 k with a decline in both categories.
US: Industrial production (June): 0.1% m/m vs 0.2% expected (prior: 0.1%)
- Manufacturing production was flat after 0.1% m/m the prior month.
- Production of autos was strongly up over the month, while activity for metals and machinery was down.
US: Consumer confidence (Michigan) (July): 54.4 vs 51 expected (prior: 49.5)
- Preliminary consumer confidence pointed to a strong rebound; opinions on current situation have strongly rebounded and expectations have made new rise.
- Opinions have improved about personal financial situation, and the balance of future income versus future inflation has improved over the month.
- There was less concern on unemployment and stable rates are expected as well as stable gasoline prices.
- Willingness to buy major items, autos and houses has rebounded over the month.
- 12M Inflation expectations have decreased from 4.6% to 4.2%, and the 5-10y inflation expectations remained stable at 3.3%.
Eurozone: CPI (June): -0.1% m/m as expected (prior: 0.1%)
- Final data confirmed the monthly decline in prices; energy prices were down by 1.8% m/m (-1.2% m/m prior month), and food prices have also decreased. Good prices were down by 0.4% m/m (0.2% m/m prior month), while services were up by 0.5% m/m (0.4% m/m prior month).
- Core inflation was up by 0.2% m/m after 0.3% m/m prior month.
- Yearly trend has declined for food (1.5% after 1.9% y/y), energy (8.5 after 10.8% y/y), goods (0.7% after 0.9% y/y) and services (3.2% after 3.5% y/y prior month).
- Headline inflation declined from 3.2% to 2.8% y/y and core inflation from 2.6% to 2.4% y/y. This will give more time for the ECB, and no rate hike is expected next week.
US: sustained core retail sales, in line with expectations
US: Philadelphia Fed. (July): 41.4 vs 12.5 expected (prior: 10.3)
- The index was back to the highs seen in 2021.
- On current conditions, sentiment has increased for all major items: new orders, shipments, unfilled orders and delivery time (Hormuz constraints) and employment; prices paid and received have also increased further.
- The 6-month index has decreased from very high level over the prior two months, but it remained high. Opinions on 6 months have decreased for all major items, including prices, but not for unfilled orders and delivery time.
US: Initial jobless claims (July 11): 208k vs 217k expected (prior: 216k revised from 215k)
- Continuing claims: 1805 k after 1821 k the prior week.
US: Retail sales (June): 0.2% m/m as expected (prior: 1.0% revised from 0.9%)
- Sales were down for gasoline (-5.3% m/m after 2.6% m/m prior month) due to price effects; on the opposite, sales were strong again for autos and also sustained for sport and internet sales.
- Core sales, sales ex food, building materials, autos and gasoline, were up by 0.5% m/m (as expected) and prior month data were revised from 0.7% to 0.8% m/m.
- Consumers have benefited from falling gasoline prices; upside risks remain on oil prices, but resilience of consumers should prevail.
US: NAHB housing market index (July): 34 vs 35 expected (prior: 36 revised from 35)
- Sentiment in housing has decreased from the prior month; opinions have decreased on current sales, future sales and new demand,
US: Pending home sales (June): -5.4% m/m vs -0.5% expected (prior: 3.5% revised from 3.8%)
- Sales have decreased in all the four districts.
US: Business inventories (May): 0.3% m/m as expected (prior: 0.6% revised from 0.5%)
- Inventories have increased particularly for autos; total sales were sustained, up by 2.1% m/m after 1.4% m/m prior month.
Italy: CPI (June): 0% m/m vs 0.1% expected (prior: -0.1%)
- Over the month, prices for food and education were down, while costs have increased for housing-utilities and also for hotels and restaurants for the third month.
- Yearly trend has rebounded from 1.7% y/y prior month to 3.0% y/y.
UK: Industrial production (May): -0.5% m/m vs -0.1% expected (prior: 0.2% revised from 0%)
- Manufacturing production was up by 0.1% m/m (-0.2% m/m prior month), but activity was contrasted at sector level: production was up for investment and consumer goods, while it decreased for intermediate and energy sectors.
- In parallel, activity was down in mining and oil-gas sectors over the month.
- Construction was down by 0.8% m/m (0.1% m/m prior month). Services were up by 0.3% m/m (-0.1% m/m prior month), with R&D in medical sector.
- Index for monthly GDP was up by 0.1% m/m (-0.1% prior month) thanks to services.
US: improving business confidence and declining PPIs
US: Empire manufacturing (July): 15.6 vs 9.2 expected (prior: 5.7)
- Business sentiment has strongly rebounded from the prior month; opinions have increased on new orders, shipments, employment and also on delivery time; prices (paid and received) have decreased from the prior month.
- The 6-month index has eased due to lower prices, but new orders have increased further form the prior month.
US: PPI (June): -0.3% m/m vs 0% expected (prior: 0.6% revised from 1.1%)
- Prices of energy have decreased by 6.4% m/m after 8.4% m/m prior month, with falling crude oil prices. Food prices were down by 0.6% m/m after 0.5% m/m.
- Services were up by 0.2% m/m after -0.1% m/m prior month; within service, the rise was centered on trade costs up by 0.4% m/m.
- Prices were lower than expected and prior month data were also revised lower.
- Yearly trend has declined from 6% y/y to 5.5% y/y; core inflation (excluding energy, food and trade sectors) remained stable at 5.1% y/y.
Eurozone: Industrial production (May): -0.2% m/m vs 0.2% expected (prior: 0.3% revised from 0.1%)
- Industrial activity has reversed after a rebound the prior month. By sector, production has regained for energy and capital goods after a fall the prior month, while production was down in durable consumer goods and intermediate goods over the month.
Spain: CPI (June): 0.6% m/m as expected (prior: 0.1%)
- Final data confirmed a still sustained monthly rise, due to large rebound in housing, recreation, hotels, and insurance costs while prices for clothes and transport have declined over the month.
- Yearly trend remained stable at 3.6% y/y.
Poland: CPI (June): -0.5% m/m as expected (prior: -0.3%)
- Final data confirmed second decline in inflation; monthly changes have decreased for fuel-energy, transport, food and clothes; on the opposite, prices were up for recreation and insurance sectors.
- Yearly trend has declined from 3.1% y/y the prior month to 2.5% y/y.
Sweden: CPI (June): 0.3% m/m as expected (prior: 0.9%)
- Prices have increased further for culture-leisure and insurance sectors, while they declined for food, transport, household goods and transport. Core inflation was up by 0.6% m/m after 0.7% m/m prior month.
- Yearly trend has declined from 1.5% y/y prior month to 1.3% y/y. Core inflation decrease from 0.5% y/y to 0.4% y/y.
US: rising business sentiment (NFIB) and declining inflation
US: NFIB Small Business optimism (June): 97.4 vs 95.7 expected (prior: 95.3)
- Business sentiment has rebounded more than expected over the month, after a decreasing trend over past quarters.
- Sentiment has improved on economic outlook, future sales, jobs openings and hirings.
- Credit conditions constraints were on the rise over the month; selling prices are expected to rise further.
US: CPI (June): -0.4% m/m vs -0.1% expected (prior: 0.5%)
- Core inflation remained flat over the month (0.2% m/m expected) after 0.2% m/m prior month.
- Inflation has benefited from falling energy prices and from more contained than expected in several sectors.
- Energy prices were down by 5.7% m/m (3.9%m/m prior month) due to falling gasoline prices ( -9.7% m/m after 7% m/m prior month).
- Food prices were up by 0.2% m/m (0.2% m/m prior month). Good prices have decreased by 0.1% m/m (-0.1% m/m prior month), and services remained flat globally over the month.
- Within services, rents were up by modest 0.1% m/m, and recreation up by 0.3% m/m after 0.5% m/m prior month.
- Yearly trend in headline inflation has declined from 4.2% y/y to 3.5% y/y (3.8% y/y expected) and core inflation from 2.9% y/y to 2.6% y/y (2.8% y/y expected).
- Headline inflation has peaked thanks to energy, but risks could rise again with ongoing stress on oil prices, but these data give more time to Warsh to convince inflation to be only transitory.
Germany: Wholesale price (June): -0.7% m/m (prior: -0.6%)
- Yearly trend has declined from 5.9% y/y prior month to 4.9% y/y.
Norway: PPI incl. Oil (June): -7.1% m/m (prior: -1.8%)
- Yearly trend has declined from 24% y/y prior month to 14.9% y/y.
Switzerland: PPI-import prices (June): -0.3% m/m (prior: -0.4%)
- Import prices were down by 0.7% m/m after -0.3% m/m prior month; producer prices were down by 0.8% m/m after -0.2% m/m prior month.
- Yearly trend has declined further at -2.2% y/y after -1.8% y/y prior month; import prices were down by 0.8% y/y (-0.2% y/y prior month) and producer prices down by 2.7% y/y (-2.5% y/y prior month).
Turkish current account has improved in May, but remained fragile
Norway: Industrial production (May): -1% m/m (prior: 0.6%)
- Manufacturing production was up by 0.7% m/m after -0.6% m/m the prior month, while oil-extraction activity was down by 2.6% m/m.
- Within manufacturing, production has rebounded for electricity and gas, and to a lesser extend food and machinery.
Turkey: Current account (May): -1.46bn USD vs -1bn expected (prior: -5.62bn revised from -5.7bn)
- Current account position has improved from the prior month thanks to lower imports and rising surplus on services.
- Balance of energy has deteriorated while improvement was seen on goods and gold. Net inflows from FDI and portfolios were down by USD 1.8 bn from the prior month.
- Official reservices have declined by USD 3.3 bn after USD +12 bn the prior month.