Having slowed to unch MoM in October, November's headline CPI was also expected to be flat MoM, but it printed modestly hotter than expected +0.1% MoM, which dragged the YoY CPI change down to 3.1% (as expected) from 3.2% in October. That is still above June's 3.1% YoY low print...
Source: Bloomberg
Core CPI accelerated modestly MoM (as expected), rising 0.3% (from +0.2%) with Core CPI YoY flat at 4.0% from October...
Source: Bloomberg
Most problematically for The Fed (and the 'rate-cut-hypers') is the fact that Core CPI Services Ex-Shelter (SuperCore) rose 0.5% MoM (hot) and 4.08% YoY (back above the Maginot Line of 4%)...
Source: Bloomberg
Under the hood, Energy declined considerably but Used Car prices rose...
3m and 6m annualized rates are down one-tenth and three-tenths respectively to 3.3% and 2.8%. This is the first time that the 6m measure has been below 3% for since March 2021
On the bright side, real average hourly earnings rose 0.5% YoY in November...
Source: Bloomberg
What happens next?
Goldilocks? Or does this mean Powell will have to push back harder against the exuberance in the market for rate-cuts?
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