Inflation might be coming. The data says: not yet. In financial markets there are few things you can count on. But one thing we know will surely come up sooner rather than later are widespread ...
Inflation is a decrease in the purchasing power of money, reflected in a general increase in the prices of goods and services ...
The Federal Reserve has confronted a challenging economic environment since the COVID-19 pandemic struck four years ago. First, it was criticized for acting too slowly to contain the spike in ...
July’s Consumer Price Index inflation report is expected to continue the pattern of disinflation seen in recent months. Current expectations for a September rate cut are relatively high, so it is ...
On the economic data front, the U.S. annual inflation rate rose to 2.6% in October from 2.4% in the previous month, which is in line with market estimates. The CPI rose 0.2% month-over-month in ...
Fed Chair Jerome Powell expressed satisfaction with the progress on inflation but said he wants to see more before being confident enough to start cutting interest rates. "We want to be more confident ...
A recent version of the Ibre Letter, a monthly economic analysis from Brazil's Institute of Economics at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation, explained why domestic food prices are rising faster than the ...
This paper uses data from surveys of expected inflation to learn how expectations processes have changed following recent changes in the behavior of inflation. Households do not appear to have ...
The latest personal-consumption expenditures price index was published at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time today. Here's a quick glance at the November numbers: Headline M/M: Increased by 0.1% vs. 0.2% gain ...
The latest Consumer Price Index shows that shelter costs contributed 90% of total inflation last month — but there’s a sharp turnaround ahead, say economic researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of ...
My friend Jared Bernstein calls our attention to the rebirth of the inflation hawks. Apparently, there is a new craze among economists to say that we are in a period of structurally higher inflation.