IAIC Market Update - July 18, 2022
Last Week in the Markets: July 11th – 15th, 2022
(source: Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/markets, MSCI https://www.msci.com/end-of-day-data-search and ARG Inc. analysis)
What happened last week?
- The two most significant economic events last week for Canadian investors was the announcements of U.S. inflation and Bank of Canada monetary policy.
- Overall, prices in the U.S. have risen 9.1% since last year according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The drivers of price increases continue to be food and energy as prices rose 1.3% in June. The price of food rose 10.4% year-over-year with restaurant and at-home meals rising 7.7% and 12.2%, respectively. The price of energy rose 41.6% with gasoline (59.9%), electricity (13.7%) and natural gas (38.4%) being eclipsed by the increase in fuel oil prices at 98.5%. (Source)
- In response to domestic and international inflation, the Bank of Canada increased its interest rates by a full percentage point (100 basis-points). This move followed the two previous interest rate meetings in April and June that each increased rates by 50 basis-points, and March’s announcement of a 25 basis-point increase. (Source)
What’s ahead for this week?
- In Canada, consumer inflation numbers (June, year-over-year, overall and core) will be released on Wednesday. Additionally, housing starts and new housing price index for June will be announced along with May’s retail sales.
- In the U.S., the National Association of Home Builders will release its housing price index, and existing home sales, building permits and housing starts will accompany it. Energy related indicators, like oil imports, gasoline inventories and production, and refinery utilization could gain more attention than usual when announced this week.
- Globally, the Bank of Japan will announce its interest rate decision, and its CPI. The United Kingdom and the Eurozone will also announce their CPIs, along with British and German Producer Price Indexes. On Thursday morning (8:15 am Eastern) the European Central Bank will issue its interest rate decision.
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