The Consumer Price Index Rose 0.4% Last Month, 0.1%More Than the 0.3% Estimate… The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.5% for the year. What it means— Inflation sucks. It seems like just a year or ...
Week In Review – December 4 2023
The Personal Consumption Expenditures Index Eased From 3.4% in September to 3.0% in October… The core Personal Consumption Expenditures Index (PCE), the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, dropped from ...
Week In Review – October 17 2022
Consumer Prices Up 0.4% in September, up 8.2% Over Last Year… Core inflation excluding food and energy rose 6.6% over last year. What it means— Headline inflation dropped again in September, but ...
Week In Review – October 10 2022
The U.S. Created 263,000 Jobs in September… The unemployment rate fell slightly, to 3.5%. What it means— That’s not what investors wanted. A weak jobs report would have supported the notion of a ...
Week In Review – August 15 2022
Consumers Prices Remained Flat in July, Annual CPI Dipped From 9.1% to 8.5%… The Labor Department reported that the inflation rate fell from a 41-year high last month. Core prices excluding food and ...