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The Perth Mint sold 23,238 troy ounces (oz) of gold and 796,934 oz of silver in minted product form during May 2024. Opening the month around USD 2,300, the gold price in US dollar terms generally tracked flat before jumping higher by 1.5% off the back of weaker US jobs data which reinforced the potential for a Fed rate cut. On May 20 bullion hit a record ...
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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data today released the May 2024 Survey of Consumer Expectations, which shows inflation expectations declined at the short-term horizon, remained unchanged at the medium-term horizon, and increased at the longer-term horizon. Labor market expectations were mixed. Households’ expectations for the stock market improved, reaching a three-year high. Households were also more optimistic about their financial situation a year from now. The main findings from the May 2024 Survey are: Inflation • Median inflation expectations at the one-year horizon declined to 3.2% in May from 3.3% in April, were unchanged at the three-year horizon at 2.8%, and increased at the five-year horizon to 3.0% from 2.8%. The survey’s measure of disagreement across respondents (the difference between the 75th and 25th percentile of inflation expectations) decreased at the one-year horizon, increased at the three-year horizon, and remained unchanged at the five-year horizon. post: US NY Fed 1-Year Inflation Expectations May: 3.17% (prev 3.26%) post: NY FED: MAY THREE-YEAR AHEAD EXPECTED INFLATION UNCHANGED AT 2.8%.