The US recovery is very strong, recent data also suggest this such as unemployment claims (Actual: 280K, Forecast: 312K, Previous: 316K, 18/09/2014). The drop in unemployment claims have signalled that the labour market is tightening, which Janet Yellen (Chairwoman of the Federal Reserve) wants. Declining unemployment is one of the catalysts that will increase the likelihood of an early interest rate hike. However, it is important to note that the Fed should be careful if they increase interest rates, as they could move further away from the 2% benchmark set by the Fed. Currently, the inflation rate is not picking up as shown by recent data (CPI m/m (Actual: -0.2%, Forecast: 0.1%, Previous: 0.1%, 17/09/2014) and Core CPI m/m (Actual: 0.0%, Forecast: 0.2%, Previous: 0.1%, 17/09/2014)). So increasing interest rates too early could derail the current recovery. This week is a very busy week for the US, there is a tremendous amount of data coming from the US. The most important pieces of data are core durable goods orders m/m (Forecast: 0.7%, Previous: -0.7%, 25/09/2014) and final GDP q/q (Forecast: 4.6%, Previous: 4.2%, 26/09/2014) which we expect to be on forecast/better due to the current strength of the recovery. In addition, we expect unemployment claims to be on forecast/lower (Forecast: 294k, Previous: 280K, 25/09/2014) due to improving labour market conditions.
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