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ThinkstockThe main objective of the Federal Reserve is to conduct the nation’s monetary policy by influencing money and credit in the economy in pursuit of full employment and stable prices. Full...
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ThinkstockThe Bureau of Labor Statistics is out with its reading on inflation. In November, the Consumer Price Index was -0.3% on the headline, and the core rate, excluding food and energy, rose by...
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ThinkstockThe U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this morning that prices for finished goods fell 0.8% in November, better than Bloomberg’s consensus estimate for a 0.5% drop. Excluding food...
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ThinkstockThursday brought a lot of economic reports for the markets to absorb. The Labor Department reported its October inflation report via the Consumer Price Index, and it also released a major...
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ThinkstockImport prices rose for the third month in a row in the month of October. The U.S. Labor Department reported a 0.5% gain month over month when you compare the gains to September, despite...
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thinkstockThe appears to be yet even more room for stimulative and easing measures. That is at least what Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS) is implying, based on its global inflation outlook released on...
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Today brought news about retail inflation for Joe Public. The U.S. Labor Department has reported its Consumer Price Index for the month of September, and the numbers are looking as though inflation...
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The report on wholesale inflation for the month of September is out and running a bit. The U.S. Labor Department said that the Producer Price Index (PPI) rose by 1.1% on the headline reading, but the...
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The European Central Bank’s outlook was hardly given notice as the world was focused on Ben Bernanke and the FOMC’s new round of quantitative easing. The ECB is on the way down the path of its...
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The U.S. Labor Department has released its reading on wholesale inflation, which the investing community reviews to see where consumer inflation will be a month or two out. The Producer Price Index...
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The president of the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank, Sandra Pianalto, gave a speech today that pretty much sums up the recent actions taken by the FOMC, of which she is a voting member. In other...
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Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Narayana Kocherlakota is generally considered a deficit and inflation hawk who mostly opposes both economic stimulus and increases in inflation above the Fed’s...
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The Labor Department has reported the level of wholesale inflation measured by the Producer Price Index. The reading for the month of July came in at +0.3% on the headline report, but the core rate...
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The retail inflation reading for the month of June has now been released by the Labor Department. The Consumer Price Index for the month of June came in on a headline basis at 0.0%, and the core...
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The Labor Department’s report on wholesale inflation remains muted. The Producer Price Index for the month of June was up by +0.1% and the core-rate which excludes food and energy was up by...
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