Though the numbers compared favorably to forecasts, they still show that the Federal Reserve has work to do to reach its 2% inflation target. Headline inflation moved down from its 3.3% rate in 2023, while core was 3.9% a year ago. "Today's CPI may help the Fed feel a little more dov...
"The 'wait and see' Fed is going to be waiting longer than anticipated after a red-hot January CPI inflation report," wrote Josh Jamner, investment strategy analyst at ClearBridge Investments. "This report puts the final nail in the coffin for the rate cut cycle, which we believe is over...
"With the Central Economic Work Conference having called for a reasonable recovery in overall price levels, there is still room for monetary policy easing, including reserve requirement ratio cuts and interest rate reductions," Li said. ...
As of February 2025, the inflation rate for the CPI was 2.8 percent, a slight fall from the previous month. A long period of elevated inflation between 2021 and 2023 peaked in October 2022, and saw prices increase by over 20 percent in just three years. ...
I bought some more U.S. TreasuryDirect ibonds today. They adjust the interest rate to the CPI every six months. Sandy Hemenway Feb 21, 2023 at 4:56 pm Great analysis. Love to see facts behind the figures. I’m curious as to how bad the latency is in regards to real-world “shelte...
This increase is in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) % inflation rate published by the Office for National Statistics on 18 January 2023 which was 10.5% plus an additional 3.9%. To give you an example of what this means, here are some of our popular products and plans and...
In February 2025, the Consumer Price Index including owner occupiers' housing costs (CPIH) inflation rate of the United Kingdom was 3.7 percent, unchanged from the previous month.
At an event at Stanford University last week, U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said it is too soon to say whether the recent inflation readings "represent more than just a bump." "We do not expect that it will be appropriate to lower our policy rate until we have greater confide...
Date: January 16, 2024 Authors Amol Dhargalkar Managing PartnerChairman Kennett Square Summary New York Fed President John Williams’ comments conflict with the market’s unwavering hope for a year full of rate cuts in 2024.Interest rate markets Last week saw two updates on...
In January, wholesale prices in the United States rose due to increased food and energy costs. According to the PPI and CPI data for January 2025 released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics last week, the PPI month-on-month growth rate increased to 0.4%, down from the revised previous value...