What's Driving This Week's Market Swings? It Could Be Inflation.

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Market swings this week may be driven by a tug-of-war on inflation expectations, according to Macquarie strategists, making inflation a plausible suspect in the absence of obvious catalysts.

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Neutral Confidence 70% How confidence is read Horizon: Short term Impact: Moderate

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Source Yahoo Finance
Claim What's Driving This Week's Market Swings? It Could Be Inflation.
AI inference Neutral · 70%
Generated 2026-01-15 16:35

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Original source

A tug-of-war on inflation expectations could be driving the stock market’s big swings this week. That’s the argument proposed by Macquarie strategists Thierry Wizman and Gareth Berry. In the absence of obvious catalysts to explain some big moves in the market, inflation is certainly a plausible suspect.

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Original article published by Yahoo Finance on January 15, 2026. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.

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