US S&P Global PMIs Preview: Economic Expansion Set to Persist in May

On Thursday, S&P Global will issue its flash estimates of the United States (US) Purchasing Managers Indexes (PMIs), a monthly survey of business activity. The survey is separated into services and manufacturing output and aggregated into a single statistic, the Composite PMI.

FXStreet04:00 ET

Most Americans Think Economy Is In Recession Under Biden Despite Hard Data Telling Different Story: 'We're Not Feeling It Where I Live'

While most opinion polls link President Joe Biden's poor job approval rating to the economy's performance, a new survey has shown that it has to do mostly with voter perception rather than reality.Pes

Benzinga02:49 ET

Forex Today: US Dollar Loses Recovery Momentum, Eyes on PMI Surveys

The US Dollar (USD) Index seems to have entered a consolidation phase early Thursday after climbing to a weekly high near 105.00 on Tuesday.

FXStreet02:41 ET

GF Securities: Inflation is no longer the only consideration for the Fed to cut interest rates. We need to balance inflation and the job market

The Zhitong Finance App learned that Guangfa Securities released a research report saying that Federal Reserve officials generally believe that policy interest rates are in a reasonable position and still pay attention to the balance between the level of inflation and the job market. If inflation does not progress further, it is necessary to maintain high interest rates for a longer period of time; in addition, they support reducing the QT scale. The team believes that overall, the Federal Reserve still maintains a data-dependent strategy and has not given a definitive monetary policy path; however, the “central position” of its monetary policy stance has changed slightly: the statement in the minutes shows that inflation is no longer the only consideration for interest rate cuts; balancing inflation and the job market is. First, the Federal Reserve meets every year8

Zhitong Finance23:25 ET

The minutes of the Federal Reserve meeting destroyed the prospects for interest rate cuts. Analysts: The dollar bulls point to a three-week high

The minutes of the Federal Reserve FOMC meeting clearly showed hawkish signs, and the official slogan of long-term upward trend has been confirmed. The analysis indicates that the dollar bulls will challenge the target price of 105.74. This position is the nearly three-week high hit on May 9.

FX678 Finance20:38 ET

GAM Multi-Asset Solutions Chief Investment Director: Federal Reserve Officials Don't Seem to Know Anything About US Inflation

Julian Howard, GAM's chief investment director for multi-asset solutions, said Federal Reserve officials seemed “clueless” about the US inflation situation.

Zhitong Finance20:38 ET