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How Will the Fed React to the Latest Inflation, Jobs Data?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released the Consumer Price Index for March. Prices were nearly unchanged, increasing only 0.1%.…

3 years ago

Rising Oil Prices About to Reignite Higher Inflation

OPEC+ ,which is the 13 original OPEC countries plus 10 more countries including Russia and Canada, has just announced it…

3 years ago

The Summer Inflation Pause Will Be Short-Lived

The good news is that inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, slowed to near zero in July and…

4 years ago

Understanding the Fed’s Current Monetary Policy

The Federal Reserve said earlier this year, that they are switching their focus from primarily reducing unemployment to reducing inflation…

4 years ago

Is it Time to Replace Powell and Yellen?

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s recent comments indicate he will continue his string of inaccurate and wrong forecasts about the…

4 years ago

Biden is wrong again: A recession is inevitable and so is stagflation

  President Biden has recently made a one-word statement that explains his understanding of the economy today and where he…

4 years ago

Biden vs. Bezos -Higher taxes on the wealthy will make inflation worse

Recently, in the back-and-forth exchange between the Biden Administration and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Biden said he wants to raise…

4 years ago

Inflation Pauses — But Will Get Even Hotter This Summer

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the inflation report for the month of April on its Consumer Price Index (CPI), showing it…

4 years ago

Inflation Soars in March. Even Higher Inflation Coming.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released the monthly change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for March. The CPI increased by…

4 years ago

Biden’s Gas Policy? Right Idea, Wrong Action

President Biden announced that he will release one million barrels of oil from the strategic reserve each day for the…

4 years ago

Fed’s Slow Pace on Interest Rate Hikes Will Lead to More Inflation and Then Recession

At their March meeting, the Federal Reserve decided to raise interest rates a meager 0.25 percent. That hike will do…

4 years ago

Oil and Gas Prices Have Peaked, But Inflation Will Continue

The good news is that oil and gas prices have peaked. The bad news is that inflation will continue to…

4 years ago

Inflation at 7.9% — But the Worst Is Yet to Come

The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for February. Prices rose by 0.8% for the…

4 years ago

Energy, inflation, Putin — here’s a solution to three problems

It is interesting to note the relationship between energy prices, overall inflation and Mr. Putin’s aggression. Unless there is an…

4 years ago

February Jobs Report Shows Fed Must Act Aggressively

Recently released data indicates that the US economy added 678,000 jobs in February. That strong number would be great news if it…

4 years ago