Rate expectations remain elevated among consumers – Wells Fargo

Share: The University of Michigan’s Consumer Confidence data for August offered little change. Analysts at Wells Fargo point out that consumers anticipate prices to decline overall, despite their expectations of rising interest rates. Key quotes:  “Consumers are becoming more convinced that inflation is cooling. Whether or not they fully understand the Federal Reserve’s

Light changes among major currencies so far today

The dollar is little changed in general so far today as the market mood has calmed down after the US CPI report yesterday. As mentioned earlier here, the data doesn’t really change the overall Fed outlook and so we’re back to the drawing board for most dollar pairs after the back and forth action yesterday.