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ThinkstockAre we supposed to be worrying about inflationary pressures or deflationary pressure in the months ahead? That answer is one in which beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Import and export...
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ThinkstockJames Bullard, President of St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, spoke on Monday in front of a group at the Tennessee Bankers Association Annual Meeting. The speech was titled “How Far Is the...
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ThinkstockThe European Central Bank (ECB) has now done something most of have never seen before. It has adopted its own quantitative easing method by adopting at least a partial negative rate...
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squirrel83, via Wikimedia CommonsIf you have been reading 24/7 Wall St., you have been warned about the possibility that the Federal Reserve could actually begin hiking interest rates and tightening...
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ThinkstockCharles Plosser, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, was speaking on Tuesday regarding his economic outlook and housing in front of the Women...
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ThinkstockQuantitative easing has been under a great deal of scrutiny for some time, and the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet keeps growing despite the tapering efforts. The stock market, and the...
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ThinkstockJames Bullard, President of the St. Louis Federal Reserve, may have inadvertently caused a small stir in the markets on Friday. After Janet Yellen has been speaking about exceptionally low...
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ThinkstockThe U.S. Labor Department released its consumer inflation report on Thursday morning. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is the key measurement of inflation at the retail level, and it is...
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ThinkstockThe Producer Price Index (PPI) measures wholesale inflation, and the April readings are mostly in line with those from March. The headline PPI for final demand was up 0.6% in April, above...
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ThinkstockMost investors and savers worry about inflation through time. The problem is that deflation may be even worse. The latest round of import and export prices for the month of April confirms...
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ThinkstockProductivity and unit labor costs were very mixed in the first quarter of 2013. Much of this seems to be weather related, and the first reminder we would make is that this economic report...
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ThinkstockThe first quarter of 2014 was painfully slow. You likely now know what the blame was — weather. It is also seen in many corporate earnings reports that have come out in the past two...
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ThinkstockWith all the funny money printed and quantitative easing measures after the recession, it has been amazing that the cost of goods has not risen through the roof. In fact, it has baffled...
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ThinkstockThe Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the month of March did not follow the exact same gains as last week’s Producer Price Index. That generally takes two months or even more before producers...
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ThinkstockIf the Federal Reserve ever wanted to see some inflation — as they keep claiming (careful what you wish for) — the Labor Department just gave a first piece of candy to a child. The...
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