inflation

Federal Reserve Remains Unimpressed About Consumer Prices and Inflation
With inflation not running rampant, the market doesn't really seem to care now if prices are a tad higher or lower. That may change.
Jon C. Ogg
2 months ago

Federal Reserve Is Missing Its Inflation Ambitions
The rate of inflation is measured by the Labor Department’s monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI). Despite Federal Reserve targeting to get inflation back up to a 2.0% to 2.5% range, the reality...
Jon C. Ogg
3 months ago

Fed's 2% Inflation Target Already May Have Cracks
The Federal Reserve's new efforts of targeting inflation to get up to and above 2% in consumer prices might not even matter.
Jon C. Ogg
3 months ago

CBO Forecasts Endlessly Rising Debt and Weaker GDP Out to 2050
The Congressional Budget Office publishes each year a nonpartisan long-term projection of what it expects will be seen in federal deficits, debt, spending, and revenues. The annual report looks out...
Jon C. Ogg
3 months ago
Last Updated: 3 months ago

Fed Policy Shift on Higher Inflation Looks Premature
Prices were higher in August, but not by levels that should have the inflation worriers overly concerned.
Jon C. Ogg
4 months ago

Was the Federal Reserve Worried About This Massive Inflation Report?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its Producer Price Index for final demand in August, and there was no spike in the inflation report.
Jon C. Ogg
4 months ago

Will Fed Chairman Jerome Powell Bring Talk of Stagflation to the Economy?
In the midst of the worst recession of a lifetime, the Federal Reserve has built up a balance sheet of roughly $7 trillion. This has been paid for by trillions of dollars that were newly created in a...
Jon C. Ogg
4 months ago

Forget Hyperinflation! Can the Fed Handle the Current Deflation in the Recession?
When the Federal Reserve lowers interest rates to zero at the same time the Treasury has printed trillions of dollars for economic stimulus, many classical economists would throw up a red flag.
Jon C. Ogg
8 months ago

Why Negative Interest Rates Are Likely to Remain Through 2020
While the interest rate environment in the United States is still expected to remain stable for most or all of 2020, there are still likely to be negative interest rates outside of the United States....
Jon C. Ogg
11 months ago
Last Updated: 11 months ago

Is Pfizer Raising Drug Prices Too Much in 2020?
Ahead of election years, the cost and future of health care has become one of the top debates for better than two decades now. Most politicians say that they want to lower prescription drug costs....
Jon C. Ogg
1 year ago
Last Updated: 11 months ago

Consumer Inflation Confirmed After Weak Wholesale Inflation
Measuring the true rate of inflation might not be as easy as it seems. After a weak wholesale inflation reading for September, consumer inflation ticked up in September.
Jon C. Ogg
1 year ago
Last Updated: 1 year ago

Producer Prices Refuse to Cooperate Toward the Fed's 2% Inflation Target
The Federal Reserve has been trying to get inflation closer to its 2% mandate for some time, but the current economy just isn't allowing it.
Jon C. Ogg
1 year ago
Last Updated: 1 year ago

Should a Month of Higher Producer Costs Be Scaring the Federal Reserve About Inflation?
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported that producer prices are starting to pose a problem for inflation. Or is that not the case?
Jon C. Ogg
1 year ago
Last Updated: 1 year ago

Federal Reserve's Inflation Targets Still Elusive
When investors and economists see that the Consumer Price Index barely rose in May, they probably want to shrug, even if prices for the shelter and food indexes increased.
Jon C. Ogg
1 year ago
Last Updated: 1 year ago

Higher US Inflation in March Is the Envy of Europe
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its first look at consumer inflation for the month of March. The Consumer Price Index came it a bit hotter than expected
Jon C. Ogg
1 year ago
Last Updated: 1 year ago