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Powell's Fugetaboutit Speech
Fed Chair Jerome Powell did pivot on Friday morning at Jackson Hole in his 8-minute speech on the outlook for…
Inflation
Is inflation transitory, or will it be persistent and even protracted? This is the key question many investors and business managers are struggling to answer. These QuickTakes aim to assess the answer based on the latest data on prices and wages.
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NY & Philly Surveys: Weakening Business & Prices
We now have two of the five regional business surveys conducted during August by the Federal Reserve district banks of…
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Watching The Pump Price
Everyone who drives a car or rides in one knows the price of gasoline on a daily basis. The sharp…
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Hooray: Inflation Cooled Off In July!
July's headline and core CPI inflation rates were lower than expected at 0.0% and 0.3% (table…
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Mixed Inflation Indicators
Today we learned that July's survey of small business owners showed that inflation might have peaked. On the…
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Inflation Expectations Looking Peakish
July's survey of consumer expectations (SCE), conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of NY, had some good news…
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The Economic Week Ahead, August 8-12
It's a big week for inflation indicators. The fun starts on Monday, when the FRB-NY releases its July…
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Lots of Jobs, But Inflation Eroding Wage Gains
July's payroll employment in July blew past forecasts, and there were upward revisions to the prior two months,…
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The Best Cure For High Gasoline Prices
The best cure for high gasoline prices is high gasoline prices. Gas prices have tumbled by 86 cents since hitting…
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ECB Stuck Between A Rock & A Hard Place
Soaring consumer prices and the prospect of energy rationing this coming winter have depressed consumer confidence in the Eurozone. No…
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Signs of Peak Inflation
Today was a good day for those of us expecting to see peak inflation soon. July's US manufacturing…
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Tomorrow's ECI Could Be Bad News
Q2's Employment Cost Index (ECI) comes out tomorrow morning. In his press conference yesterday, Fed Chair Jerome Powell…
