{"id":54682,"date":"2021-05-27T12:51:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T16:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ino.com\/blog\/?p=54682"},"modified":"2021-05-27T12:51:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T16:51:20","slug":"inflation-cools-for-now-stagnation-awaits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwtest.ino.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/inflation-cools-for-now-stagnation-awaits\/","title":{"rendered":"Inflation Cools (For Now), Stagnation Awaits"},"content":{"rendered":"

To maintain the inflation, a cooling of inflation was needed<\/p>\n

That is one of those Alice in Wonderland-like statements, like the one I\u2019ve got tattooed on my left forearm:\u00a0\u201cContrary-wise, what is it wouldn\u2019t be and what it wouldn\u2019t be it would, you see?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

To maintain inflationary policy, as per various talking Fed (egg) heads, the hysterical run-up in inflationary expectations and fears had to be tamped down. And so, Google users have indeed eased their neuroses right along with a recent tamping of inflationary hysteria.<\/p>\n

\"Inflation\"<\/a><\/p>\n

While inflation expectations ease but remain on-trend.<\/p>\n

\"rinf,<\/a><\/p>\n

And the\u00a0Philly Fed\u2019s gauge of manufacturing activity<\/a>\u00a0retrenches within a still up trending situation.<\/p>\n

\"philly<\/a><\/p>\n

Anecdotally, respondents still appear positive (ref. link above) even as they chase rising cost pressures from materials and labor down the rabbit hole with their own price increases. They believe their price increases will compensate for rising input costs and they remain optimistic about growth. That is, after all, the trick the Fed had up its sleeve in H1 2020, when it began creating this epic inflationary operation. Confidence.<\/p>\n

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Philly Fed is just one of many examples of the cost-push problem hitting the US economy. I was a US manufacturer and I will tell you that these respondents are simply following a monkey see, monkey do regimen. Monkey see rising costs, monkey do raise prices. Until it is no longer so easy for monkey to simply pass along costs within the economy. Then\u2026<\/p>\n

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\u2026the inflation will pivot Stagflationary from the heretofore \u2018good\u2019 inflation it\u2019s been for the last year.<\/p>\n

From\u00a0Yardeni<\/a>, the Citi Economic Surprise Index (CESI) is guiding Wall Street analysts in a southerly direction and that is indeed what the Stag will bring when the inflation shows the other side of its face, the dark and economically ruinous side.<\/p>\n

\"economic<\/a><\/p>\n

This is a reason gold does not have short-term utility when the \u2018good\u2019 inflation is working to cover up the economy\u2019s deficiencies (i.e. the inflation is working toward economic growth), but will have utility when the inflation morphs to Stag. Gold\u2019s counter-cyclical utility will come forward when inflation serves to pressure the economy.<\/p>\n

That is what gold has been lurking around waiting for since last summer as it considers whether the time to break the massive and bullish Cup\u2019s handle is now or after one more decline (it\u2019s not considered a handle breakout on this monthly chart until gold closes May that way, and even then follow-through in June would be needed).<\/p>\n

\"Inflation<\/a><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the CRB index (daily chart) and many individual commodity components and related stocks are in normal looking pullbacks within bullish trends.<\/p>\n

\"crb<\/a><\/p>\n

Various Fed eggheads jawboning a continuation of dovish policy were starting to look silly against the rising fears of inflation that became untenable in March and again in May. The inflation trades we have successfully managed (at\u00a0NFTRH<\/a>) over the last year are still in play. As for gold, it is either getting a jump on the next phase, the Stagflationary phase, or it will take one final heartbreaking drop to give the bugs one last cleaning before the real bull phase ultimately sends it to 3000+.<\/p>\n

A cooling of inflation expectations was needed. The Continuum (monthly chart) is making a little right-side inverted shoulder to match the left one. This cooling of inflationary angst may bring the 30-year yield to 2% or 2.1%. A refueling stop before a shot at the red limiters for a big macro decision point between inflation\u2019s failure \u2013 possibly into a deflationary episode \u2013 or its intensification to places uncharted, but inhabited by the Stag.<\/p>\n

\"30<\/a><\/p>\n

Check back to see my next post!<\/p>\n

Best,
\nGary Tanashian<\/a><\/p>\n

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To maintain the inflation, a cooling of inflation was needed That is one of those Alice in Wonderland-like statements, like the one I\u2019ve got tattooed on my left forearm:\u00a0\u201cContrary-wise, what is it wouldn\u2019t be and what it wouldn\u2019t be it would, you see?\u201d To maintain inflationary policy, as per various talking Fed (egg) heads, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":54685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6920],"tags":[10738,511,4273,1750,9526,31550],"class_list":["post-54682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ino-com-contributors","tag-30-year-treasury-yield","tag-federal-reserve","tag-gary-tanashian","tag-inflation","tag-notes-from-the-rabbit-hole-nftrh","tag-stagnation"],"yoast_head":"\nInflation Cools (For Now), Stagnation Awaits - INO.com Trader's Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"To maintain inflationary policy, the hysterical run-up in inflationary expectations and fears had to be tamped down by the Fed.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ino.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/inflation-cools-for-now-stagnation-awaits\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Inflation Cools (For Now), Stagnation Awaits - 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