This morning’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) report makes it less likely that the Fed will hike short-term rates at the September Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. Consumer prices declined in June as energy prices moved sharply lower following a temporary peace agreement between...
Consumer Price Index Falls in June
What You Need to Know Today: Rising hostilities and an end to any semblance of a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran created geopolitical risk-off trade in macroeconomic markets, though the CBOT seemed immune. President Trump announced the U.S. military would resume its naval blockade on Iran...
USDA released its monthly World Supply and Demand Estimates on Friday, forecasting tighter beef supplies and growing pork and broiler supplies. Beef production was lowered due to a slower fed cattle harvest, which was offset somewhat by cow slaughter. Fed cattle slaughter was forecast to...
Developer's Note: Last year, users pointed out differences between the 5-year averages reported in this app and what USDA estimates in its weekly report. The difference exists because WPI calculates average based on the last 5 years of observations for the current week. In cases where obs...
Key Takeaways: The U.S. maintains a significant storage advantage, with a much larger share of grain storage located on farms, giving producers greater flexibility to manage timing, basis, and pricing decisions. Brazil's storage deficit increases harvest-time pressure on logistics and exports,...
Wheat Argentina's wheat planting advanced another 7 percentage points over the past week, with 87.9 percent of the projected 6.5 Mha now seeded. Planting is entering its final stage across the central and northern production regions, except for parts of north-central Santa Fe, where excessive s...