Inflation News & Analysis

In terms of economics Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) acts as an indicator that measures the cost of living and inflation rates across countries and currencies. This indicator provides a fairly accurate accounting of economic strength and consumer buying power. At the same time, PPP also plays an integral role in military strength. Nations that can […]

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This afternoon the Mexican statistics office will release the March inflation figures. However, they are unlikely to tell us much new, Commerzbank’s FX analyst Michael Pfister notes.

USD weakening. Yuan weakening. Treasury yields increasing. China is selling off US bonds (holds $800B+) and moving them into other currencies. This maintains their competitiveness in global markets while increasing borrowing costs for US and reducing …

Federal Reserve (Fed) Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly noted that inflation pressure from widespread tariffs is an increasing concern.

The Mexican Peso prolonged its losses for the third straight day against the Greenback as market sentiment improved, spurred by revelations of US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that deals could be made with major trading partners. At the time of writ…

Here, we pick three railroad stocks, Union Pacific, Canadian National and Norfolk Southern, which have a solid five-year dividend growth history.

Wall Street CEOs weigh recession odds, inflation, and global trade war.

Tariff war, inflationary pressure and still-high interest rates are major concerns for the Zacks Internet – Delivery Services industry. However, efforts to adopt consumer preferences and technological advancements are likely to help GDDY, QNST and ASUR navigate the headwinds.

Market volatility has not dissuaded some insiders from making big share purchases. The most notable transactions came from return buyers.

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Bitcoin could begin to take market share from gold over the next decade as a hedge against inflation and geopolitical uncertainty, according to Blockstream CEO Adam Back.Speaking during a fireside chat with Cointelegraph managing edito…

Business and consumer sentiment in the US is collapsing, and hard data may soon follow. With tariffs acting as an exogenous shock, investors are preparing for recession — not inflation — and abandoning the US Dollar, Commerzbank’s FX analyst Antje Prae…

Indonesia Core Inflation (YoY) came in at 2.48%, below expectations (2.5%) in February

Indonesia Inflation (MoM) came in at 1.65% below forecasts (1.79%) in February

Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee said late Monday that significant tariff retaliation could boost inflation, adding that global trade war eruption may lead to a consumer behavior shift.

Inverse and volatility ETFs won in the worst week of Wall Street since 2020.

"Blackrock CEO Larry Fink says he worries that the White House actions are much more inflationary than the market expects. He also said he sees a zero percent chance of four or five Fed rate cuts this year. He said he sees this as more of a buying…

Jamie Dimon’s annual letter to shareholders warned that Trump’s tariffs may push America’s former allies to rely more heavily on nations like China and Russia.

In his annual letter to shareholders, Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, wrote that a trade fight could dampen consumer and investor confidence and increase inflation.

I'm non American investor and this downturn really scares me. In the past, every time the market dropped, people would say, “This time is different” and panic. But eventually, the market recovered and climbed higher. I experienced Covid and 2022 in…

The Federal Reserve finds itself in a tough spot as it navigates rising inflation and slowing growth.

“Oil prices are down, interest rates are down (the slow moving Fed should cut rates!), food prices are down, there is no inflation, and the long time abused USA is bringing in billions of dollars a week from the abusing countries on tariffs that are al…

Tariffs set to take effect this week risk stoking even higher inflation and slower growth than expected, complicating the central bank’s decisions on monetary policy.

If the state of the trade war didn't resolve, a global recession is almost inevitable. Trade will sharply decline, inflation will be rampant, companies will layoff workers, consumption will decline further and it's a cycle. What does Trump want…

Treasurer Jim Chalmers sought to assure voters that the local economy is well placed to weather any global headwinds.

Greece’s Yannis Stournaras says looming trade war will drag down both growth and inflation

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/06/us/trump-news-updates/13e5f609-21aa-53c8-a5a3-520c128d3351?smid=url-share Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended Trump’s tariffs on Sunday and downplayed concerns that they would fuel inflation or lead to a r…

“I don’t want anything to go down, but sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something,” Trump told reporters.

Key Events this week "Reciprocal Tariff" Responses Likely Begin -Monday Fed Meeting Minutes – Wednesday March CPI Inflation data – Thursday Initial Jobless Claims data – Thursday March PPI Inflation data – Friday Michigan Consumer Sentiment…

Article here. Basically China just gave the Trump administration the middle finger and are not going to negotiate jack shit. They will simply let Trump deal with the inflation and economic damage that American farmers and manufacturers will suffer with…

Gold (XAU) price extended its losses on Friday and plunged to a seven-day low of $3,015 before recovering some ground, following a speech by Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell, which indicated that inflation could reaccelerate due to tariffs. X…

Over the last few years, the job market has remained relatively strong despite rising inflation and other economic headwinds. Even amid ongoing cuts to the federal workforce, the jobs report released today offered a more optimistic outlook than many e…

US stocks cratered on Friday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) plunging more than 2,200 points after China stoked trade-war fears and Fed Chair Jerome Powell warned of higher inflation and slower growth stemming from tariffs. The Dow pulled b…

This isn’t a dip. It’s not a correction. It’s the slow, brutal unraveling of a debt-soaked fantasy we’ve been pretending was sustainable since 2008. The Fed is cornered—rates are high, inflation refuses to die, and there's no bailout coming this ti…

U.S. Fed Chair Jerome Powell says the Trump administration’s expansive new tariffs will likely lead to higher inflation and slower growth.

Despite inflation concerns, slowing growth raises expectations of rate cuts