Inflation & Prices

Inflation & Prices

Will Cooling Inflation Spur a Fed Pivot?

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Inflation cooled in May. So why isn’t the Federal Reserve slashing interest rates yet like other wealthy countries have done?

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Inflation & Prices

Small Businesses Feel the Pinch of Higher-for-Longer Interest Rates

As the prospect of higher-for-longer continues to sink in, small businesses are beginning to feel the pinch, per Bloomberg.

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Inflation & Prices

Hooray? The US Economy May Finally Be Slowing

It has taken a while, but recent data suggests that the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes may finally be taming inflation.

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Fed Official Hints That Future Rate Hikes Are Off the Table

Christopher Waller said that the high interest rates may finally have the fight against inflation back on track.

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Inflation & Prices

April’s Inflation Report Finally Hints at Progress

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The CPI rose just 0.3% from the previous month. Perhaps most importantly, the annual core rate fell from a year earlier.

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Inflation & Prices

Fed Keeps Interest Rates Steady Amid Solid Job Growth

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The central bank held the funds rate at 5.25% to 5.5%, citing a “lack of further progress toward the Committee’s 2% inflation objective.”

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Investors Are Buying Up a Bigger Share of Cheap Homes

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More than a quarter of all US home sales were bought by investors in the last quarter, a new all-time high.

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