Market frustration with the November Consumer Price Index is not about how low inflation printed. It’s about whether the number can be trusted at all. The report showed that annual CPI inflation ...
To define it simply, a hedge against inflation is any investment considered capable of protecting against the declining purchasing power of a currency due to inflationary or macro-economic pressure on ...
Economists Question the Quality of U.S. Inflation Data; Bank of Canada Holds Rates; ECB Decision Eyed By Vicky Ge Huang Some economists are questioning U.S. inflation data accuracy due to staffing ...
A methodological change contributed to a better-than-expected inflation report, prompting questions from some economists.
The economy is usually the key issue in any election, and 2026 does not look to be an exception. Unemployment led President Reagan to lose 26 House seats in the 1982 midterms and President Obama to ...
Fox News host Sandra Smith stumped former Vice President Kamala Harris’ Senior Adviser Mike Nellis by asking him what the current rate of inflation is. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 2.7% ...
Long-term Treasury bonds (20-30 years) have consistently delivered positive excess returns over rolling 6-month T-bills for every completed holding period since 1982. Recent spikes in short-term rates ...
Paul Whiteley has received funding from the British Academy and the ESRC. American voters often rank inflation as the most important issue facing the US. But something odd has happened to inflationary ...