May PCE: Inflation ticks up to highest level since 2023
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May's Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index — the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge — saw inflation rise 0.4% month-over-month and 4.1% year-over-year Core PCE, which excludes food and energy prices, rose 0.3% monthly and 3.4% annually, marking the highest level since 2023. Morning Brief Host Julie Hyman is joined by Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley and Epistrophy Capital Research chief market strategist Cory Johnson to further examine rising price trends.
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May PCE (the Fed's preferred inflation gauge) rose to 0.4% month-on-month and 4.1% year-on-year, while Core PCE was 0.3% monthly and 3.4% annually, the highest since 2023. These readings are interpreted as a re-acceleration of inflation and weaken expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts. The potential shift in the interest-rate path is likely to push up Treasury yields and strengthen the dollar, which is supportive of banks, commodities and energy and other real assets, and negative for growth, technology, REITs and nominal bonds. Investors may rotate parts of their portfolios into inflation hedges such as gold and TIPS, and into energy and materials, and should reassess risks in sectors sensitive to short-term rate moves.
상승 영향
- Banks/Financials — Higher PCE increases the likelihood of delayed Fed rate cuts, raising expectations for wider net interest margins (NIM) and benefiting bank stocks.
- Oil & Energy — Headline inflation strength signals recovery in energy demand and prices, which should improve oil prices and profitability for oil & gas companies.
- Materials/Industrial Metals — Rising Core PCE suggests ongoing demand and price pressure for basic materials, which is positive for copper, iron ore and other industrial metals and materials producers.
- Gold/Precious Metals — Re-accelerating inflation and concerns about falling real yields stimulate demand for inflation hedges, supporting gold and other precious metals.
- TIPS/Inflation-linked assets — Actual higher inflation increases the relative attractiveness of TIPS and other inflation-protected assets, likely boosting demand.
하락 영향
- Technology/Large-cap Growth (including A — Stronger expectations for higher rates increase discount rates, weighing on technology and growth stocks—especially firms with cash flows far in the future, including many AI-related names.
- Real Estate/REITs — Prolonged higher rates raise mortgage and financing costs, directly pressuring REITs and the profitability of commercial and residential real estate.
- Government/Nominal Bonds — Inflation re-acceleration and rising rate expectations hurt existing bond prices and lead to higher long-term yields, negatively impacting fixed-income investments.
- Consumer Discretionary (Durables, Travel — Higher inflation erodes real purchasing power, likely reducing demand and squeezing margins in durables, travel and dining sectors.
- Cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, etc.) — Persistent tightening and risk-off sentiment that depresses equities can put downward pressure on volatile cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.
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