Tag: Inflation

Analysts had expected inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, to drift down to a 1.7 percent rate. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Inflation falls again in June, to 1.6 percent

Joseph Lawler · July 14, 2017 12:31 pm

Some central bank officials favored reducing the balance sheet within "months," while others were reluctant to move that quickly. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Fed officials split on the timing of shrinking $4.5 trillion balance sheet

Joseph Lawler · July 5, 2017 6:35 pm

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said he needed more data clearly showing inflation will rise in the months ahead. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Lone vote against Fed rate hike says he put data over ‘faith’

Joseph Lawler · June 16, 2017 4:23 pm

The increase brings the Fedâs target for short-term interest rates to a range of 1 percent to 1.25 percent, back to its 2008 level. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Federal Reserve announces second rate hike this year, despite slower inflation

Joseph Lawler · June 14, 2017 6:01 pm

Private-sector forecasters had expected annual inflation to slip from 2.2 percent to 2 percent. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Inflation drops to 1.9 percent in May

Joseph Lawler · June 14, 2017 12:31 pm

Economists suggest that higher inflation might be needed to lower unemployment given the weak economic recovery. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Former Obama, Fed officials call on central bank to ditch inflation target

Joseph Lawler · June 9, 2017 8:09 pm

Low inflation, high corporate borrowing and "quite lax" underwriting on auto loans are causes for concern, Lael Brainard said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Fed governor: No ‘flashing red’ signs of financial bubbles

Joseph Lawler · May 30, 2017 5:51 pm

Economists in the private sector had expected inflation to cool to a 1.7 percent annual rate. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Inflation slowed to 1.7 percent in April in Fed’s favored statistic

Joseph Lawler · May 30, 2017 12:32 pm

The Labor Department reports on U.S. consumer prices for April on Friday. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

Inflation slows in April, down to 2.2 percent

Joseph Lawler · May 12, 2017 12:31 pm

Investors had expected the Fed to keep rates steady, but they have been seeking a better sense of the Fed’s intentions for the rest of the year. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Fed holds off on rate hike, but downplays weak first-quarter growth

Joseph Lawler · May 3, 2017 6:00 pm

When you decree that bread must be sold at an artificially low price, even going so far as to arrest bakers who stop making it because they cannot afford to keep producing it at those prices, you quickly run out of bread. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)

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Maduro tries to mollify angry Venezuelans with a minimum wage increase

David Freddoso · May 1, 2017 3:17 pm

Economic growth slowed in the first quarter of 2017, the government reported Friday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Economic growth disappoints at 0.7 percent rate, slowest in three years

Joseph Lawler · April 28, 2017 12:31 pm