Inflation & Prices

Inflation & Prices

Fed Official Hints That Future Rate Hikes Are Off the Table

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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

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

Renters Are Losing Hope They’ll Ever Own a House

A New York Fed survey found renters saying their probability of ever owning a home fell to 40.1%, a new low.

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Inflation & Prices

Cocoa Prices Are On a Wild Ride

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

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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

Europe Poised to Cut Rates Far Sooner Than US

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The European Central Bank signaled that it might be ready to pull the trigger in June.

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Inflation & Prices

Falling Housing Costs May Start Cooling Off Overall Inflation

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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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Risk On…Despite Everything?

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

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