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Slim Wanderer

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01/05/16

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Originally posted by wombat53 ↑

@atomic79 Yes, while it sounds conspiratorial (and I'm not a conspiracy theorist, until the theory is shown to be fact), I think there may well be a conscious effort to create inflation, specifically, in energy and also food (on which people spend most of their non-discretionary income). There's clearly no sound basis in these prices (and iron ore also, now the subject of frenzied base metal commodities trading in China, given the collapse of the Shanghai Comp. Index: they've found a new casino.). There is also evidence of unprecedented trading levels in boring old soy beans on CME (i.e. food, despite a huge surplus).

Now these two don't appear in US "core" inflation figures (used by the FOMC - i.e. they exclude the "volatile" food and energy components), but do appear in the "headline" CPI number.
Their preferred index is the PCE (personal consumption expenditures). Interestingly, the "core" PCE also excludes these two sectors.
The Fed's own words."Although food and energy make up an important part of the budget for most households--and policymakers ultimately seek to stabilize overall consumer prices--core inflation measures that leave out items with volatile prices can be useful in assessing inflation trends."
https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/economy_14419.htm
If their dual mandate of price stability and full employment is fulfilled they can "normalize" rates. Absent inflation, they can't (they claim have full employment).
So why then might they want to create inflation (if that's what they are doing) if they exclude these sectors? Confusing.

It's a funny game. For most of last year, equities were dominated by fear of the Fed hiking, and so "bad new" was "good news": bad news = lesser chance of rate hike = good for stocks (aka "Alice in Wonderland" logic. Still, it is what it is).
All news was judged exclusively through the lens of the impact on the Fed. Later in 2015, things changed, the Fed became irrelevant, and oil took over...as oil went, so did equities. We seem to have returned back to the dominance of the Fed, once again.
But if my suggestion above is correct, there is a nexus. Boost oil and food prices, create target inflation of 2%, and they have an environment conducive to rates "normalization" (their word).

What I don't get, is why boost these prices if they're not include in the inflation figures? It doesn't help them, unless they move the goalposts and include these sectors (which they won't).
So the theory seems to collapse. But there's really no other explanation for June Crude Futures to be at US$ 46, with collapsed Doha talks, Iran pumping furiously, and even the "government" of Eastern Libya now getting into the game! I don't any increase in global demand.

OTOH, rising oil seems to give comfort to equities, regardless of its inclusion in the PCE.
Still, I agree, these prices have no basis in reality, and this is another bubble waiting to burst. From a low of $27 (Week commencing 8 Feb, 2016) to $46 (current), 77%, as seen in this Chart below.
On the other hand (three hands now!), the trend is your friend, trade what you see, not what you think, just be attentive to the likelihood of a steep fall in Oil prices, at a time few can predict (like all tops and bottoms)
And I know atomic is attentive.

CME WTI Crude- June - WEEKLY:

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Wombat,
"What I don't get, is why boost these prices if they're not include in the inflation figures?"
This comes down to basic economics 101. When the Fed wants to measure key inflation indicators, factors that are excluded are energy, housing, food, clothing, transport and medical. Why? Because they have no relevance on peoples day to day needs. The real measure of inflation in the US is wages, the price of IPads, TV's, Netflix and other important S$%& that you need to survive. The increase in the price of food & rents are a God send for the Fed because people will see the folly of their ways and will buy less of the non-essential S$%^ and invest their money in buying more IPads. Spare money can also be invested in the share market on undervalued shares like APL, Facebook, Twitter, Google etc. So if only people would live in their cars, eat once a day and never get sick then the US economy would grow even bigger.
It is the same when the BLS measures unemployment e.g. Charlie Brown has to work 3 part time jobs to make one full time wage, but instead of counting Charlie as one person with three jobs the three jobs are counted as three people. Richie Cunningham mows lawns once a week and earns $30.00, so he is counted as fully employed. Thereby giving an exact and unfalsifiable 5% unemployment statistic.
I hope this clears everything up.
I can't understand a F$%%^& thing! The only thing that makes any sense is owning physical Gold & Silver.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-...-data-debunk-fed’s-inflation-shortfall-canard

P.S. Wombat is a cool name!

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