Economic policymakers are razor focused on inflation expectations after more than a year of rapid price increases. Consumers explain how they’re thinking about rising costs.July 27, 2022Inflation started in the […]
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Back to news homeHow Will Interest Rate Increases Impact Inflation?
The Federal Reserve is expected to announce its fourth interest rate increase of 2022 on Wednesday as it races to tamp down rapid inflation. The moves have a lot of […]
Is the U.S. Entering a Recession? Here’s Why It’s Hard to Say.
Consumer spending, for example, grew at a solid 1.8 percent annual rate in the first quarter, adjusted for inflation, and most forecasters believe it grew in the second quarter, too, […]
After Enduring a Pandemic, Small Businesses Face New Worries
Operations that arose from the pandemic had advantages: no business practices to upend, or legacy costs like office leases to carry. Many businesses were built around remote operating environments and […]
Fed Prepares Another Rate Increase as Wall Street Wonders What’s Next
Federal Reserve officials are set to make a second abnormally large interest rate increase this week as they race to cool down an overheating economy. The question for many economists […]
Solving the Housing Crisis Means Building When No One Is Buying
Last year, Freddie Mac estimated the nation’s housing supply deficit at 3.8 million units, up from 2.5 million in 2018. Other analysts come up with different figures, but pretty much […]
The Markets and Economy Are Reaching a Fork in the Road
Yet Wall Street stock analysts continue to forecast gains in corporate earnings and revenues as far as the eye can see. The consensus on Wall Street, based on IBES data […]
What Is the Yield Curve? Wall Street’s Recession Alarm Is Ringing.
Wall Street’s most talked about recession indicator is sounding its loudest alarm in two decades, intensifying concerns among investors that the U.S. economy is heading toward a slowdown.That indicator is […]
Global Central Banks Ramp Up Inflation Fight
Central bankers around the world are lifting interest rates at an aggressive clip as rapid inflation persists and seeps into a broad array of goods and services, setting the global […]
Economy Is at Risk of Recession by a Force Hiding in Plain Sight
This past week brought home the magnitude of the overlapping crises assailing the global economy, intensifying fears of recession, job losses, hunger and a plunge on stock markets.At the root […]