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一 | 对冲基金经理丹•奈尔斯（DanNiles）认为，苹果的麻烦远不止是中国销量的下降。
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Inflation showed its sticky nature in July, rising slightly as increases in services costs offset a decline in the price of goods, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported on Thursday.
The personal consumption expenditures price index, a metric closely followed by the Federal Reserve, rose 0.2% for the month and 3.3% for the 12-month period. That was in line with estimates.
The core index, stripping out energy and food costs, rose 0.2% and 4.2%, respectively. Last month, the annual rate of increase was 3% and 4.1%.
Other data in the release showed spending and income up.
“Condition of the American consumer remains rock solid,” RSM US LLP Principal & Chief Economist Joseph Brusuelas posted on X, formerly Twitter. He noted that spending was up 0.8%, inflation-adjusted spending was up 0.6% and 2.8% on a three-month annualized pace – placing some risk on the company’s 2.1% forecast for gross domestic product growth in the third quarter. He also pointed out that income was up 0.2%, while wages, salaries and compensation were up 0.4%.”
While the PCE number is perhaps higher than the Fed would like, Chairman Jerome Powell said in his recent speech at the central bank’s summer symposium at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, noted that “on a 12-month basis, core PCE inflation peaked at 5.4 percent in February 2022 and declined gradually to 4.3 percent in July.”
But he also cautioned that the path to the Fed’s 2% annual inflation target will require that interest rates remain high for some time to come.
“Turning to the outlook, although further unwinding of pandemic-related distortions should continue to put some downward pressure on inflation, restrictive monetary policy will likely play an increasingly important role,” Powell said. “Getting inflation sustainably back down to 2 percent is expected to require a period of below-trend economic growth as well as some softening in labor market conditions.”
Markets seem unfazed by the messaging. In recent days, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has been on an upward run and is positioned to open up 150 points at the opening.
“Headlines touting a soft landing are increasing, the consensus seems to be that a soft landing is the most likely scenario, this seems like a unicorn scenario, but mixed economic data makes predicting a recession difficult,” said Shana Orczyk Sissel, CEO and founder of Banrion Capital Management. “We see clear signs of broad economic weakness, but inflation is falling, employment is strong, and the consumer is spending, so it's hard to really see a recession occurring this year.”
Many economists have pointed out that getting inflation down to the 3% range from the 9% of last summer, while an accomplishment, will prove easier than wringing the last 1% out.
“While signs point to a continued slowdown in inflation over time, certain categories give us pause as we close out 2023 and head into 2024,” said Joe Davis, chief global economist at Vanguard. “The decline in house prices appears to have abated, which means that the contribution from shelter to core inflation next year may stabilize if not increase. Upside inflation risk is also present in healthcare services where insurance prices are expected to rise this October along with a continued upward pressure on labor demand in the sector, thus suggesting higher wage costs.”
“Our baseline trajectory anticipates a gradual decline in the pace of inflation with core PCE staying well above 3% through YE 2023 and remaining slightly above 2% by YE 2024,” Davis added.
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三 | 华尔街在很大程度上忽视了其他问题。在科技领域享有盛誉的奈尔斯警告说，iPhone的高价格将导致苹果今年的股价进一步下跌。”他周三对CNBC的“贸易国”表示：“iPhone的销量正在急剧下降。”中国的人均国内生产总值是1万美元，印度的人均国内生产总值是2000美元，所以我们不能向这些市场出售高达1000美元的手机。
四 | 奈尔斯将赌注押在苹果身上，他说，他相信这个问题会产生“雪球”效应。他指出，iPhone销量的下滑将对苹果的服务业务造成比华尔街预期的更大的损害。”iPhone是苹果服务业务背后的驱动力，但它有滞后效应。那么，如果iPhone销量下降，像Apple Care或Apple Musis这样的服务如何销售呢？这就是苹果的问题所在。苹果将继续失去市场份额，这最终将导致其服务业务受损。“苹果上周发布了前所未有的盈利警告，警告称国际贸易紧张正在侵蚀其利润，导致其股价下跌10%。苹果的股价在过去一周上涨了8%，但在过去三个月下跌了29%。根据奈尔斯的说法，苹果的盈利预警并不令人惊讶。
五 | 去年8月，他在接受《贸易国》采访时预测，苹果将受到国际贸易紧张的不利影响。现在他想知道为什么苹果的首席执行官蒂姆·库克没有提出这个问题。”人们忘记的一件事是，在过去的一个季度，苹果18%的收入来自中国市场。
六 | 事实上，中国市场是其业务的驱动力。因此，我认为目前的贸易争端确实令人担忧。Nells说，除非苹果降低iPhone的价格，否则苹果将面临一个巨大的困境。”情况越来越糟，而不是越来越好，所以你不想拥有股票，”他说。苹果还没有发表评论。
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