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1. This week’s economic calendar will be closely watched by traders as several high impact data releases help shape expectations for growth, inflation, and Federal Reserve policy. Markets will focus heavily on weekly jobless claims, where consensus expectations suggest the labor market has stabilized after signs of slowing earlier this year.
2. This Week’s Main Story Focuses on President Donald Trump’s visit to China alongside major American CEOs represents an attempt by both Washington and Beijing to stabilize a relationship that has become increasingly strained by trade disputes, technology restrictions, tariffs, and geopolitical tensions.
3. Truflation views the April 2026 CPI report, released on May 12, as modestly hotter than its T-1 forecast of 3.7 % year over year. The official BLS figure reached 3.8 %, up from 3.3 % in March, mainly because of an energy surge in gasoline and oil prices linked to geopolitical factors, while core CPI stood around 2.8 %. Nevertheless, Truflation stresses that its real time Truflation Index, which draws on transaction level data from millions of actual prices, is tracking much softer inflation at about 1.95 % year over year as of mid-May 2026.
4. World Watch
- How Rising Labor Costs Are Putting Pressure on AI Chip Inflation – Samsung Electronics workers rejecting bonus offers reportedly worth as much as $340,000 per employee may sound irrational at first, but the story highlights a much larger issue developing beneath the surface of the global economy: labor cost inflation.
- China’s AI-Powered Surveillance State – For many Western reporters currently in China for the 2026 US-China Summit, the visit serves as a firsthand look into how deeply artificial intelligence and digital surveillance have become integrated into everyday Chinese society.
- An updated snapshot of the current global state of economy.
5. Quant & Technical Corner: a selection of quantitative & technical data we monitor on a regular basis to help gauge the overall financial market conditions and the investment environment.
Weekly Market Review, May 15thFrom the desk of our Chief Investment Officer
As an investment professional with over twenty-six years of experience in the financial services industry, Andrew helps clients to protect, grow and transfer wealth during their lifetime with objective, unbiased, customized and efficient strategies.
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- BA in Economics – Boston University (Boston, MA) 1993
- Certificate in Commodities Trading – New York University (New York, NY) 1991
- Certificate in Financial Planning – New York University (New York, NY) April 2011
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