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When most people think of inflation they might get tricked into thinking that the prices of goods and services all rise across the board. The reality is that inflationary is a basket of prices, so...
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Millions of Social Security recipients and retirees will receive a 2% increase in benefits next year, the largest gain since 2012.
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Though consumer prices and producer prices have been running below 2% for the most part, it turns out that the prices of imports and exports were both above 2% in the month of August.
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After a somewhat disappointing reading on wholesale inflation from the Producer Price Index, now there is at least some positive surprise on the Consumer Price Index for August.
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The U.S. Department of Labor reported on Wednesday that the cost of goods and services measured by the Producer Price Index for final demand in August was up the most since April.
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Consumer spending rose by 0.4% month over month in July and inflation has remained well below 2% for the third consecutive month.
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The Dallas Fed released its monthly report on the Texas manufacturing outlook. In general the survey indicates a sunnier outlook, with large gains in two categories that could signal rising inflation.
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The economy needs inflation. This notion is hard to explain to many people that higher prices are better than low prices when it comes to every days goods. Still, the problems of lower and lower...
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It's one thing to say that there is no serious inflation. It's another issue entirely to be talking about the threat of deflation again.
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While most economic reports have come in with mixed readings lately, the common theme seems to be moderate growth but with mild inflationary pressure.
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There is yet another disappointment on the inflation front, one weak enough that it may be one more thorn in the side of the Federal Reserve and Chair Janet Yellen in their ambition to raise...
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The Chicago PMI had been steadily accelerating in 2017, and it reached a three-year high in June, but the July report offered a weaker reading.
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At a speech in Rio de Janeiro, Federal Reserve Vice Chair Stanley Fischer discussed the low levels of real interest rates around the globe, as well as the problems and solutions around them.
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It might seem counterintuitive to think that the economy needs higher inflation. Still, that's the current thinking.
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The market has already seen lower-than-expected news on the consumer inflation front for June. Now the Labor Department is showing more confirmation of that news from its report on June’s import...
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