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Making Sense of Inflation

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Inflation is caused by the gradual increase in the prices of goods and services throughout the economy. Low inflation is necessary for the economy, but too much inflation causes serious problems.
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July CPI shows inflation ticking up, with core inflation at 3.0% year-over-year, signaling an end to the recent disinflation trend. Durable goods inflation is rising, partly due to tariffs, but ...
Since the financial crisis of 2008 and the Great Recession, investors and executives have grown accustomed to a world of low interest rates and low inflation. No longer. In 2021, inflation began ...
The high inflation was transitory in the end. It has now essentially been defeated. We expect significant rate cuts over the coming year. Here is why. We have been arguing for a few years now that the ...
The last piece of official inflation data to land before the Federal Reserve’s policymaking meeting next week was a shutdown-delayed report that showed the pace of price hikes remained stubborn in ...
Official statistics show that the rate of UK inflation has increased more than anticipated due to the increasing prices of food and fuel. The Office for National Statistics (ONS), which determines the ...
Investing.com -- Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Anna Paulson stated Friday that while tariffs can increase ...
When oil prices plunged to four-year lows this year, many analysts immediately turned to the inflation narrative, dusting off the long-held belief that where oil prices go, inflation follows. But this ...