Following a small dip in May CPI ex Food & Energy YoY, June saw a rise of 1.8% (as expected), hovering near the highest since October. Headline CPI continues to trot along the flatline (printing +0.1% YoY as expected) enabling monetary policy to run amock hyperinflating financial assets whicl standards of living continue to drop. However, all of this pales when compared to the continuing slide in real wage growth which has slowed almost every month since its peak in January and now stands at 7 month lows. Not what the 'narrative' wants to see...
There's no inflation, right...
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And now wage growth is slowing...
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So what data - apart from The Fed - is Yellen dependent on... because these do not scream raise rates.
Charts: Bloomberg
