US inflation expectations rebound from monthly low, snap weekly downtrend

US inflation expectations, as measured by the 10-year breakeven inflation rate per the St. Louis Federal Reserve (FRED) data, rises for the first time in a week at the end of Thursday’s North American trading.

In doing so, the risk barometer recovers from the one-month low of 2.28%, flashed the previous day, to 2.31% at the latest.

The jump in the risk barometer is the longest in a month, validating the US Federal Reserve’s (Fed) hawkish signals. That said, the Fed left benchmark rates unchanged near 0.25% at the latest meeting but teased rate hikes and tapering more seriously.

It’s worth observing that the improving inflation expectations join the biggest daily jump in the US 10-year Treasury yields since February to portray the market’s optimism, as well as weigh on the gold prices. That said, the S&P 500 Futures print mild gains after Wall Street rallied for the second day in a row.

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As firmer hopes of escalating price pressure underpin the Fed tapering and rate hike plans, traders may extend the latest moves going forward amid a lack of major data/events.