Tag: Consumer Price Index

How Do Higher Interest Rates Bring Down Inflation?

This kind of communication was less common 30 years ago. But a…

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Inflation Complicates Return to Office Plans

A recent analysis from Square, the technology company, quantified the “lunchflation” that…

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Inflation Hits Fastest Pace Since 1981, at 8.5% Through March

Inflation hit 8.5 percent in the United States last month, the fastest…

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Few Cars, Lots of Customers: Why Autos Are an Inflation Risk

Mr. McCabe does not think that car inventory will ever fully rebound:…

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Bond Market Unsettled by Inflation Worries

At one point this month, for instance, the S&P 500 had fallen…

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Federal Reserve Walks a Tightrope Between Inflation and Recession

In an interview, James D. Hamilton, professor of economics at the University…

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Russia’s War in Ukraine Raises Gas Prices and Unsettles Stocks

They are just possibilities, but worries about them are weighing on the…

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Inflation May Have Peaked. The Fed Needs to Step Gingerly.

In short, it might be helpful to reframe the C.P.I. news.Newspapers could…

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Car Prices Rose More Slowly In January, But New Disruptions Loom

Want an optimistic take on the troubling January inflation report? Look at…

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