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Full employment, inflation at the top of the Fed's target range, expected tax cuts, pro-growth and reflationary policies: eventually these will add up to rate hikes.
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Just last week, producer prices indicated a stalling out at the wholesale level. But what happens in prices at the consumer level often lags the wholesale level.
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While the latest Consumer Price Index may not look extremely hot on inflationary pressures, its supports why the Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate on Wednesday.
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August's Consumer Price Index contained a bit more inflation at the consumer level than the Producer Price Index did at the wholesale level.
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That 2.0% to 2.5% inflation target of the Federal Reserve is just proving to be more than elusive. The U.S. Department of Labor has released its consumer price index (CPI) for July, and the monthly...
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If the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) ends up voting to hold the target fed funds rate as is, then a potentially embarrassing situation for the Fed could develop.
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Following an unexpectedly negative Producer Price Index for March, the Consumer Price Index also showed that consumer inflation was weaker than expected for the month.
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This week the economic calendar will bring two readings on the inflation/deflation front: producer prices and consumer prices. Both reports measure prices paid and are released by the U.S. Department...
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Here is where the Fed will have enough ammunition to talk rates higher: the annualized core CPI, sans food and energy, was up 2.3% in February from a year ago. That is versus a 2.2% gain in January.
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Wednesday, March 16, will see four sets of crucial data hitting Wall Street all at the same time. What we see on Wednesday could help determine trends in commodities and bond markets particularly.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics may have just delivered a stunner of an inflation number.
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Inflation is what the Federal Reserve wants more of to give it cover for raising interest rates. It turns out that they may have to find something else.
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It is not hard to see why GM shares have been so dismal, down 12% in five years, while almost everything else has been in a raging bull market.
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In July, the Consumer Price Index ticked higher for the sixth consecutive month, but less than expected.
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The U.S. Department of Labor has been showing that some deflationary pressure may be going away. Inflation remains well under the Federal Reserve's mandate.
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