Good MorningA soft inflation report led the S&P 500 to a new high. The April reading of CPI was as expected, which means cooler on a month-to-month basis and compared to last year. Consumer-level inflation is not gone, but the pace of deceleration is promising. It points to a soft landing and the FOMC lowering interest rates later this year. The news sent the S&P 500 up more than 1%, taking it to a new all-time high and setting the market up for a summer rally.
With the S&P 500 at a new high, the question becomes how high it can get. Technically speaking, the latest rally was worth about 225 index points before the breakout, putting the first target near 5,500. That may be reached within a few weeks. The next major hurdle for the market will be the FOMC meeting in June. That meeting should bring word of when to expect the first cuts. The risk is that PCE won't align with the CPI, or the FOMC won't view the data favorably enough to think a cut is warranted.
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