ASX: Australian stocks close almost 3.6% down after global sell-off on inflation fears

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ASX: Australian stocks drop more than 5% after global sell-off on inflation fears

Investors were spooked by inflation figures, particularly for US consumer prices. Last week the government reported that inflation had increased to an annual rate of 8.6% in May, the most since December 1981, and more than the 8.3% markets had expected.

“The May CPI release undermined Fed expectations that inflation would moderate in [the June quarter], and we fully expect the Fed to make upward revisions to its inflation and fed funds rate projections,” ANZ said in a note on Tuesday. “GDP growth meanwhile is due a downgrade.” Adding to those concerns were the results of survey by the New York Fed that showed consumers were raising their expectations about coming inflation.

 

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Time to buy shares for those who have some money, will go back up again, somebody always does well out of this.

It's sanctions-induced inflation aka an own goal.

self fulfilling collapse in confidence

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