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A fresh unexpected surge in inflation blindsided markets, shattering hopes for imminent Fed rate cuts and sending stocks down across the board. In March 2024, the annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate surged to 3.5%, up from February’s 3.2%, surpassing expectations set at 3.4%.
Adding to concerns, core inflation, which excludes energy and food, also exceeded expectations, reaching 3.8% compared to the anticipated 3.7%, dismissing any justifications solely attributed to higher gasoline price pressures.
Consequently, investors sharply revised down their expectations for Fed rate cuts, now anticipating the commencement of any easing policy no earlier than September, with less than two rate cuts expected by year-end.
Expenditure categories witnessing the highest month-over-month seasonally adjusted price increase in March were:
Those showing the lowest monthly inflation were:
By midday trading in New York, losses were broad-based within indices.
No sectors managed to evade daily losses, with rate-sensitive pockets of the markets, such as real estate, feeling the brunt more acutely than others.
Energy managed to hold almost steady, as rising gasoline prices improved the outlook for oil companies.
| Sector | 1-Day %Chg |
|---|---|
Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLE) | -0.15% |
| Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLP) | -0.75% |
| Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLC) | -0.92% |
| Industrials Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLI) | -0.93% |
| Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLV) | -1.07% |
| Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLF) | -1.17% |
| Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLK) | -1.35% |
| Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLY) | -1.44% |
| Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLB) | -1.54% |
| Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLU) | -1.93% |
| Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLRE) | -3.85% |
Nine real-estate stocks tumbled by more than 7%:
| Name | 1-Day % |
| Opendoor Technologies Inc. (NYSE:OPEN) | -10.04% |
| Global Net Lease, Inc. (NYSE:GNL) | -9.83% |
| Peakstone Realty Trust (NYSE:PKST) | -9.26% |
| Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. (NYSE:HPP) | -8.82% |
| Anywhere Real Estate Inc. (NYSE:HOUS) | -8.36% |
| Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:PDM) | -7.77% |
| RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:RMAX) | -7.75% |
| eXp World Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:EXPI) | -7.63% |
| Douglas Emmett, Inc. (NYSE:DEI) | -7.44% |
| Office Properties Income Trust (NYSE:OPI) | -7.31% |
Looking at different industries, regional banks and solar stocks fell the most.
Eight regional bank stocks tumbled more than 7% Wednesday:
| Name | 1-Day % |
| Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:LBAI) | -8.96% |
| Provident Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE:PFS) | -8.84% |
| Valley National Bancorp (NYSE:VLY) | -8.44% |
| ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. (NYSE:SFBS) | -7.81% |
| New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:NYCB) | -7.61% |
| OceanFirst Financial Corp. (NYSE:OCFC) | -7.58% |
| Flushing Financial Corporation (NYSE:FFIC) | -7.53% |
| Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE:EGBN) | -7.50% |
Read now: ‘This Puts The Fed In Quite A Tricky Position’: 7 Economists Weigh In On March Inflation Report
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