Following the "new king of bonds," Goldman Sachs also predicts that inflation in the USA will reach 4% this year.
Goldman Sachs predicts that by Christmas, the inflation rate in the USA may reach 4%, while Commodity inflation could surge to 6%-8%. Shortly after the Federal Reserve announced to hold steady on May 7th, and after the press conference by Fed Chair Jerome Powell, Jeffrey Gundlach of DoubleLine Capital also stated, "Given the current situation, the overall CPI increase by the end of this year could reach the '4' threshold."
Trump criticizes the Federal Reserve again for not lowering interest rates, but this time did not call for firing Powell.
① The Federal Reserve announces that it will maintain the target range for the federal funds rate between 4.25% and 4.50%, marking the third consecutive decision to keep rates unchanged; ② Trump criticized Federal Reserve Chairman Powell on social media, stating that he is "too late" and "clueless," but added that he "still really likes him."
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Powell's stance of "not rushing to cut interest rates" has triggered a rise in U.S. Treasury yields as the market reassesses the Federal Reserve's policy path.
After Federal Reserve Chairman Powell stated that there would be no hasty reduction of borrowing costs, traders reduced their bets on Fed interest rate cuts, leading to an increase in US Treasury yields on Thursday.
