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24/7 Wall St. has tracked three solid data points from this week that point to all of these inflation fears having been overblown. This could be more than just good news for those who have...
The message that the investment community has heard for the better part of 18 months now is that higher interest rates are coming. Yet longer-term interest rates have remained stuck under 3%.
Today's report on May's producer price index (PPI) came in a bit hotter than analysts expected. Typically that woud ratchet up warnings about rising inflation, but with a Fed announcement out later,...
Interest rates rocketed higher to start the week. The next jolt to the bond market though might come by the end of the week.
Investors and consumers can breathe a little easier about the inflation onslaught in 2018 that has been feared so much.
The markets are still worried about inflation, and Tuesday's stock market gains may sort of overshadow the underlying inflation pressure being seen right now.
Rising home prices are a good thing in general. The problem is that as housing prices rise, most incomes are not rising enough to keep up with the price increases.
When the U.S. Department of Labor released its February measurement of the Producer Price Index (PPI), it showed that producer prices tended to rise more than consumer prices. Unfortunately for the...
All of a sudden, inflationary fears may be turning into a view that inflation is entering the sweet spot for policymakers.
These three top companies are among the leaders in their respective sectors, offer solid entry purchase points, and look to do just fine in a rising inflation environment.
Thursday's report on producer prices was actually hotter than the consumer report when it comes to inflationary pressures.
What happens when you have rising prices but weaker-than-expected retail sales? This is where more of the stagflation argument comes into play.
Yesterday we had warned that the financial markets were bracing for the inflation card when the latest Consumer Price Index was released. That has now come to pass.
On Wednesday, the markets will get a look at January's Consumer Price Index, which is the direct measure of consumer inflation. The inflation reading likely will be hotter than normal.
24/7 Wall St. wanted to provide a brief outlook of this last week's economic reports and some foreshadowing for the week ahead.