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* Dollar, gold gain on rising inflation outlook
* Real yields on Treasuries slip to record lows
NEW YORK/LONDON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - A gauge of global stock markets edged lower and the dollar built on earlier gains on Wednesday after U.S. consumer inflation surged to its highest since 1990, raising concern the Federal Reserve will tighten monetary policy sooner than expected.
Real yields on U.S. Treasuries slid to record lows and gold prices reversed course to rise more than 1% as another jump in the consumer price index in October bolstered the metal’s appeal as a hedge against inflation.
CPI jumped 0.9% after climbing 0.4% in September, the Labor Department said, as the largest gain in four months boosted the index’s annual increase to 6.2%. It was the biggest year-on-year rise since November 1990 and followed a 5.4% leap in September.
The U.S. consumer price index rose 0.9% in October after gaining 0.4% in September, accelerating 6.2% in the 12 months through October, the largest year-on-year advance since November 1990. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast the overall CPI rising by 0.6% and the core CPI by 0.4%.
“It’s clear that the rate of inflation and the persistence of elevated inflation are much more than what policymakers and markets had expected,” said Joseph LaVorgna, chief economist for the Americas at Natixis in New York.
Paul Nolte, portfolio manager, Kingsview Asset Management in Chicago, said the Fed is now behind the curve. “They may now be forced into raising rates sooner rather than later,” he said.
MSCI’s all-country world index slid 0.21% while but the broad pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index rose 0.28%.
On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.11%, the S&P 500 eased 0.15% and the Nasdaq Composite declined 0.44%.
The dollar index, which tracks the greenback versus a basket of six currencies, rose 0.605% to 94.577.
The euro fell 0.66% at $1.1515, while the yen traded up 0.91% at $113.8800.
The yield on 10-year Treasury Inflation Protected Securities dipped as low as -1.243% and the yield on 30-year
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