Weekly Insight | May 18, 2022
Retail Sales Increase
There was an increase in retail sales through April. Retailers sold 0.9% more than the previous month. Taking out autos, retail sales grew by 0.60%.
Retail Sales Increase
There was an increase in retail sales through April. Retailers sold 0.9% more than the previous month. Taking out autos, retail sales grew by 0.60%.
Sharp Reversal Sends Risk Assets Lower
The massive rally post-Federal Open Market Committee meeting last Wednesday turned out to be a head fake. This week saw significant losses in risk assets.
The Fed Hikes Rates by 50 Basis Points for the First Time Since 2000
The S&P 500 ended the week up 2.8%, with all the gains coming in the last two hours on Wednesday.
Earnings for the first quarter are currently 7% higher than expected. This comes amid slower growth than in previous quarters. Overall, earnings are up 8.38% and the energy sector has contributed the most to this growth.
Welcome to another edition of Trends Over Time, a quarterly chartbook from BTC Capital Management. Market and economic data are usually released in isolation. The single data point, with the occasional previous period data, is usually not enough to identify a trend or a theme.
The S&P 500 ended the week up 0.3% as earnings season comes into focus. Heavy-weight names are starting to report first quarter earnings and there have been some big moves for well-known mega-cap stocks.
Inflation continues to run hot. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for March was released this week. The increase of 8.5% over the year and 1.2% from February to March shows a continuation of price increases.