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                        <p>More information is coming out on how hurricane Harvey effected the economy. The chart below shows how retail sales ex-autos were affected by the storm. As you can see, there was a boost in sales in Texas prior to the storm because people were buying supplies such as necessities as well as storm protection gear. Then when the hurricane hit, retail sales plummeted about 30% for two days before starting to recover. It&rsquo;s surprising to see how quick the recovery was given the fact that the storm lingered for a few days.</p>

<p>There may have been a dip in sales in Louisiana afterward as that was Harvey&rsquo;s next target. This chart gives us a quick summary of how long the storm effected the Texas economy. Some of the increased spending to cleanup hurricane Harvey&rsquo;s damage and replenish supplies will be mixed with the weakness which came from Irma in early September. To make matters worse, there&rsquo;s another hurricane in the Caribbean named Maria which will impact Puerto Rico soon and possibly America next week.</p>

<p>Hurricane Harvey impacted most of the economic data. The increased demand could have pushed inflation slightly higher. That&rsquo;s why I&rsquo;m shocked that one better than expected CPI report could push rate hike expectations so much higher. As you can see, now there is a 62.7% chance of a rate hike. We are very close to the 70% threshold necessary for a hike. That&rsquo;s a big switch as we were near 40% a few days ago.</p>

<p>The possibility I discussed last week where hurricanes boosting inflation slightly could catalyze a rate hike in December, looks more likely to occur. It&rsquo;s weird that the market ignores any weakness caused by the hurricane, such as in the jobless claims, yet it changes rate expectations even though the hurricanes could be impacting the inflation data. It&rsquo;s a very positive sign that the equity market is rallying even with one more rate hike this year being baked in. It&rsquo;s probably not a huge factor one way or the other. I still think if a hawk was appointed as Fed chair there will be a sharp draw down in response.</p>

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