{video} Without any central bank meetings on the agenda next week, the spotlight will fall on the latest edition of US inflation and retail sales. The chances of a Fed taper announcement this month have fallen dramatically after the disappointing jobs report, but this dataset could still be crucial for the normalization timeline and the dollar. There’s also a storm of economic releases from the UK, Canada, Australia, and China. Supply chain blues It looks like inflation won’t cool as quickly as the Fed thinks. The idea was that the pandemic disrupted global supply chains, pushing prices higher for some goods and ... (full story)