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Inflation Expectations Hold Steady As Producer Prices Flounder
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/76657755@N04/ When Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before Congress in May, he gave what could be interpreted as a mixed diagnosis of the health of...
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How Will Soft Consumer Price Inflation Affect Fed Policymaking?
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/76657755@N04/ The Bureau of Labor Statistics’s seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, or CPI-U, increased by 0.1 percent on the month in...
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Monday Morning Cheat Sheet: 3 Stories Moving Markets
It’s Monday, October 21, and earnings season is in full swing. With corporate profits dominating the headlines and the recent fiscal-political snafu taking a seat on the back burner, the market is...
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Soft Price Pressures Leave Plenty of Room for Fed’s QE
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/76657755@N04/ The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Tuesday that its produce price index for finished goods fell to a seasonally adjusted 0.1 percent on...
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Tame Inflation Keeps the Door Open for Easy Money Policy
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’s seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, or CPI-U, increased by 0.2 percent on the month in September. This was in line with economist...
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Inflation Is Nowhere to Be Found in October Trade Data
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/epsos/ Global price pressures remained weak in October, according to import and export price data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Generally...
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Producer Prices Contract: Is Deflation Catching Up With the Fed?
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/76657755@N04/ Inflation appears to have evaporated from the U.S. economy. On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that its seasonally adjusted producer...
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December Bucks Disinflation Trend as Price Pressures Increase
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/76657755@N04/ December appears to have bucked the disinflationary trend. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that producer prices, a leading indicator of...
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Don’t Be Fooled by the PPI: Inflation Is Coming
Source: Thinkstock The Producer Price Index (the “PPI”) fell by 0.1 percent in May versus an estimated increase of 0.2 percent. It also rose by 0.6 percent in April. The PPI is a statistic released by...
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Energy Prices Lead Inflation: This Isn’t What the Fed Had in Mind
Hugh Pinney/Getty Images Consumer price data for the month of June is out, and as expected, it looks like modest inflationary pressure is taking root. However, while it seems like this is good news for...
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Inflation Expectations Hold Steady As Producer Prices Flounder
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/76657755@N04/ When Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before Congress in May, he gave what could be interpreted as a mixed diagnosis of the health of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Will Soft Consumer Price Inflation Affect Fed Policymaking?
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/76657755@N04/ The Bureau of Labor Statistics’s seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, or CPI-U, increased by 0.1 percent on the month in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Monday Morning Cheat Sheet: 3 Stories Moving Markets
It’s Monday, October 21, and earnings season is in full swing. With corporate profits dominating the headlines and the recent fiscal-political snafu taking a seat on the back burner, the market is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Soft Price Pressures Leave Plenty of Room for Fed’s QE
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/76657755@N04/ The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Tuesday that its produce price index for finished goods fell to a seasonally adjusted 0.1 percent on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tame Inflation Keeps the Door Open for Easy Money Policy
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’s seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, or CPI-U, increased by 0.2 percent on the month in September. This was in line with economist...
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Inflation Is Nowhere to Be Found in October Trade Data
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/epsos/ Global price pressures remained weak in October, according to import and export price data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Generally...
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Producer Prices Contract: Is Deflation Catching Up With the Fed?
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/76657755@N04/ Inflation appears to have evaporated from the U.S. economy. On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that its seasonally adjusted producer...
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December Bucks Disinflation Trend as Price Pressures Increase
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/76657755@N04/ December appears to have bucked the disinflationary trend. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that producer prices, a leading indicator of...
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Don’t Be Fooled by the PPI: Inflation Is Coming
Source: Thinkstock The Producer Price Index (the “PPI”) fell by 0.1 percent in May versus an estimated increase of 0.2 percent. It also rose by 0.6 percent in April. The PPI is a statistic released by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Energy Prices Lead Inflation: This Isn’t What the Fed Had in Mind
Hugh Pinney/Getty Images Consumer price data for the month of June is out, and as expected, it looks like modest inflationary pressure is taking root. However, while it seems like this is good news...
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