Inflation & Prices

Inflation & Prices

Cocoa Prices Are On a Wild Ride

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Cocoa prices plunged almost 30% in the past week after a rally that pushed prices nearly 80% higher to start the year.

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Inflation & Prices

US Cattle Prices Take a Hit as Bird Flu Spooks Traders

Futures prices had surged to record highs in recent months because of droughts contributing to the country’s smallest herd since the 1950s.

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Inflation & Prices

Fed Keeps Interest Rates Steady Amid Solid Job Growth

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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Older, Wealthy Americans Are Delaying Rate Cuts With Their Big Spending

Spending by older affluent Americans is helping grow the economy. But it’s also contributing to a delay in the Federal Reserve cutting rates.

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Inflation & Prices

Rent, Car Insurance Are Keeping Inflation High

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Our new high-tech vehicles are becoming pricier to repair, and we’re getting in more accidents than ever before.

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Power Corridor

After Stormy Waters, Will Fed Get A Glide Path?

Why it’s still a tightrope-walk to an economic soft landing.

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Inflation & Prices

Falling Housing Costs May Start Cooling Off Overall Inflation

While housing prices have skyrocketed in the past two years, the new year may bring a welcome relief to renters.

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El Niño Ravages Land and Sea, Slamming Markets

Climate change is colliding with another phenomenon called El Niño – and the results are already far-reaching, global, devastating.

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Inflation & Prices

Deflation Begins to Hit Durable Goods

Slowing inflation usually means prices are rising, just not as fast as before. But now there is actual deflation.

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Power Corridor

Risk On…Despite Everything?

Interest rates and risk appetite to set the table for 2024…

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