{"id":412,"date":"2025-01-20T01:31:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T01:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inmyopinion.com.sg\/?p=412"},"modified":"2025-01-20T01:31:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T01:31:30","slug":"market-wrap-for-the-week-ending-17-jan-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inmyopinion.com.sg\/?p=412","title":{"rendered":"Market Wrap for the Week Ending 17 Jan 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>American economic resilience remains intact<\/h4>\n<p>A slew of economic data continues to indicate that the US economy remains in an expansionary mode. Industrial production, housing starts, and retail sales all improved. Continuing jobless claims fell, signalling the ongoing resilience of the labour market. The Atlanta Fed&#8217;s GDPNow is at a strong 3% for Q4 2024.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-413\" src=\"https:\/\/inmyopinion.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/gdpnow-forecast-evolution-6.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"736\" height=\"595\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Earnings update: Financials are strong<\/h4>\n<p>US banks reported bumper results for Q4. The level of optimism is also high. This raises the odds of a sustainable economic expansion as credit flows through the economy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-414\" src=\"https:\/\/inmyopinion.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-20-at-9.19.49\u202fAM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inmyopinion.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-20-at-9.19.49\u202fAM.png 675w, https:\/\/inmyopinion.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-20-at-9.19.49\u202fAM-300x259.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-415\" src=\"https:\/\/inmyopinion.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-20-at-9.18.43\u202fAM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"769\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inmyopinion.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-20-at-9.18.43\u202fAM.png 769w, https:\/\/inmyopinion.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-20-at-9.18.43\u202fAM-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Small businesses are more confident<\/h4>\n<p>The NFIB index rose again. The turnaround in confidence is not a knee jerk reaction to a Trump win. It appears that small business owners expect positive change from the new administration, helping to boost business. Hiring and spending plans are likely to improve.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-417\" src=\"https:\/\/inmyopinion.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-20-at-9.24.35\u202fAM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"637\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inmyopinion.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-20-at-9.24.35\u202fAM.png 637w, https:\/\/inmyopinion.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-20-at-9.24.35\u202fAM-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Inflation concerns ease<\/h4>\n<p>A slight improvement is enough to send sentimental higher. While core CPI beat estimates, CPI came in line with expectations. The Cleveland Fed&#8217;s Inflation Nowcasting continues to show low risk of inflation accelerating for Jan 2025.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-418\" src=\"https:\/\/inmyopinion.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-20-at-9.27.24\u202fAM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inmyopinion.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-20-at-9.27.24\u202fAM.png 644w, https:\/\/inmyopinion.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-20-at-9.27.24\u202fAM-300x113.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-419\" src=\"https:\/\/inmyopinion.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-20-at-9.28.41\u202fAM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"939\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inmyopinion.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-20-at-9.28.41\u202fAM.png 939w, https:\/\/inmyopinion.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-20-at-9.28.41\u202fAM-300x96.png 300w, https:\/\/inmyopinion.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-20-at-9.28.41\u202fAM-768x246.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American economic resilience remains intact A slew of economic data continues to indicate that the US economy remains in an expansionary mode. Industrial production, housing starts, and retail sales all improved. Continuing jobless claims fell, signalling the ongoing resilience of the labour market. The Atlanta Fed&#8217;s GDPNow is at a strong 3% for Q4 2024. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Market Wrap for the Week Ending 17 Jan 2025 -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"US economy remains in an expansionary mode, inflation risk is low, confidence is improving. 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