- April Services PPI showed a modest month‑over‑month increase
- Year‑over‑year growth stayed above 2%, signaling ongoing price pressure in the services sector
- The data will be factored into the Fed's inflation outlook and upcoming policy deliberations
May 26, 2026
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Macro/Economy 2
- BOJ Research Dept. publishes core CPI estimates that strip out institutional factors such as tax changes and energy subsidies
- Data are released at 2:00 p.m., two business days after the official CPI publication
- Core measures include trimmed mean, weighted median, mode and diffusion index of price changes
- Latest release schedule updates noted on Mar 26 2026 and Feb 9 2017
Central Banks 3
- ECB will do what is necessary to bring inflation back to 2% target
- Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau reassures markets on ECB's commitment
- ECB may hike interest rates by 50 basis points by end of year, markets price in
- Fed releases minutes from April 20 and 29, 2026 discount rate meetings
- Discount rate setting process distinct from federal funds rate target range
- No specific rate decisions mentioned in released minutes
- UAT environment available from June 2 to June 12, 2026
- Firms and software houses can test submissions ahead of live implementation
- Software houses must request access by May 25, 2026
Energy/Oil 1
- Developers plan ~44.9 Bcf/d of new U.S. natural gas pipeline capacity for 2026‑27
- Around 70% (31.6 Bcf/d) of the planned capacity is already under construction
- Texas accounts for over 66% (≈29.7 Bcf/d) of the new capacity, the largest share
- Louisiana is second with 19% (≈8.4 Bcf/d) of the additions
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