Inflation hit 8.5 percent in the United States last month, the fastest 12-month pace since 1981, as a surge in gasoline prices tied to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine added to […]
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Back to news homePrices were 8.5% higher in March than a year earlier.
A Shanghai neighborhood under lockdown last month. Lockdowns in China risk causing further product shortages in the United States.Credit…Qilai Shen for The New York TimesPrice pressures for household goods, apparel, […]
Few Cars, Lots of Customers: Why Autos Are an Inflation Risk
Mr. McCabe does not think that car inventory will ever fully rebound: Dealers and automakers have learned that they make more money by effectively making cars to order and running […]
Bond Market Unsettled by Inflation Worries
From a longer vantage, the August 2020 trough may just possibly have marked the end of a 40-year bull market in bonds. The rock-bottom 10-year yield that summer was the […]
Federal Reserve Walks a Tightrope Between Inflation and Recession
In an interview, James D. Hamilton, professor of economics at the University of California, San Diego, and a leading expert on the economic effects of oil shocks, said they had […]
Inflation Rises to 7.9 Percent for February 2022
Prices climbed at the fastest pace in decades in the month leading up to the war in Ukraine, underlining the high stakes facing the United States — along with many […]
Russia’s War in Ukraine Raises Gas Prices and Unsettles Stocks
They are just possibilities, but worries about them are weighing on the markets.Stock and bond markets in disarrayYields on long-term bonds have fluctuated, suggesting the markets have little conviction about […]
How to Prepare as the Fed Moves to Rein In Inflation
The amounts involved in the Fed’s quantitative easing have been staggering. Back in 2008, the Fed’s balance sheet had assets of $820 billion. They reached $4.5 trillion — yes, trillion […]
Rapid Inflation Fuels Debate Over What’s to Blame: Pandemic or Policy
The price increases bedeviling consumers, businesses and policymakers worldwide have prompted a heated debate in Washington about how much of today’s rapid inflation is a result of policy choices in […]
CPI December 2021: Inflation Jumped at Fastest Pace Since 1982
Inflation climbed to its highest level in 40 years at the end of 2021, a troubling development for President Biden and economic policymakers as rapid price gains erode consumer confidence […]