The biggest surprise from US economic indicators came from personal spending, that dropped 0.1% instead of rising by 0.2% as expected. This is the first fall since January. Personal income also disappointed by rising only 0.2% and the Core PCE Price Index did not surprise and rose by 0.1% once again.
The US dollar is ticking lower following these numbers.
The US Core PCE Price Index was expected to rise by a modest 0.1% in July, after +0.2% in June. Year over year, June saw a rise of 1.6%. This is a key indicator for the Fed: Yellen and co. see this as a primary measure of inflation, giving a better indicator than CPI, Core CPI and other measures. More indicators were released at the same time.
Before the publication, EUR/USD was trading just under 1.3190, GBP/USD was around 1.6580 and USD/JPY just under 104.
The US dollar dropped just a bit: EUR/USD rose above 1.3190, GBP/USDÂ ticked lower and USD/JPY moved away from 104.
The data
- Core PCE Price Index: +0.1%, year over year +1.5%, +0.1% m/m expected.
- Personal Spending: -0.2%, +0.2% m/m expected.
- Personal Income: +0.2%, exp. +0.2%.
We still have two more important US indicators today:
- The Chicago PMI, which is expected to rise to 55 points.
- Revised consumer sentiment by the University of Michigan. The initial figure showed 80.1 points.
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