Inflation News & Analysis

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U.S. stock markets closed higher on Wednesday after a choppy session.

Ethereum’s price drops 45%, facing reduced activity and inflationary pressures after the Dencun upgrade.

Japan has refrained from talk of striking back at U.S. tariffs. Trade experts say that is because its inflation-strained economy limits its options.

Critics warned that the levies could fuel inflation and slow economic growth, while those who supported the move said it was long overdue.

Where last year was another remarkable performance for the stock market with all the major indices posting double-digit gains, 2025 is shaping up differently. Fear, uncertainty, and doubt — FUD — seems to have crept into stocks as global trade tensions and economic risk rise. Because inflation reigniting is a concern, consumer discretionary stocks are […]

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Tariffs risk slowing growth and making inflation stickier, a tricky combination for the central bank as it debates what to do about interest rates.

European Central Bank (ECB) board member Isabel Schnabel said on Wednesday that trade fragmentation is structurally harmful for economic growth and inflation, per Reuters.

Stagflation fears are mounting, warns Deutsche Bank, as Donald Trump’s latest tariff announcements tick closer.

Wall Street closed mixed on Tuesday to finish the first trading day of second-quarter 2025 after a choppy session.

Brazil Fipe’s IPC Inflation up to 0.62% in March from previous 0.51%

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said early Wednesday that US tariffs are likely to push up US inflation in the near term but could weigh on US prices longer-term by slowing down US economic growth.

Australia TD-MI Inflation Gauge (YoY) increased to 2.8% in March from previous 2.2%

Australia TD-MI Inflation Gauge (MoM) up to 0.7% in March from previous -0.2%

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Crypto companies fell double digits in the first quarter amid concerns over Trump’s tariffs.

The total returns (including reinvested dividends) in nominal (before-inflation) USD terms of core asset classes during the first quarter of 2025 were: Asset Class Nominal USD Return US stocks [via VTI] -4.8% Ex-US stocks [via VXUS] +5.7% US t…

Premiums have been on an upward march due to a mixture of more frequent natural disasters and increased material costs.

Gold shines as a compelling investment amid looming uncertainty. President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, set to launch tomorrow, threaten trade disruptions, potentially spiking inflation and weakening the dollar — conditions where gold historically thrives as a safe haven. With global tensions simmering and markets bracing for volatility, gold’s role as a hedge against economic chaos […]

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The billionaire has some tough words about the current state of the economy.

For much of the COVID-19 pandemic, consumer prices rose far faster than incomes. Even though wage gains have overtaken inflation in more recent years, the effects of soaring prices are still evident in communities across the United States — particularly in the housing market. 24/7 Wall St. : Home prices in the U.S. have […]

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Some finance chiefs are taking precautionary actions.

The central bank’s outreach to companies has taken on new significance as the outlook for growth and inflation gets cloudier.

The Eurozone Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) rose at an annual pace of 2.2% in March after increasing by 2.3% in February, the official data released by Eurostat showed Tuesday. The data matched the market forecast of 2.2% in the reported pe…

Bank of England (BoE) policymaker Megan Greene said on Tuesday that “rising inflation expectations are a concern.”

The EUR/USD pair gains momentum to around 1.0815 during the early European session on Tuesday.

Japan Prime Minister (PM) Shigeru Ishiba said on Tuesday that “we need to achieve wage gains that exceed pace of inflation, which is imminent task and key growth strategy for Japan.”

The third quarter of 2022 — the year both stocks and bonds both plunged as the Fed battled surging inflation with higher interest rates, according to FactSet data. “Some bulls might tell us that it is a good time to buy stocks when confidence itself i…

Federal Reserve (Fed) Bank of New York President John Williams noted on Monday that while the US economy isn’t presenting evidence of “stagflation”, a difficult period marked by rising inflation coupled with slumping economic stability, trade policy un…

President Donald J. Trump’s 2024 electoral campaign was buoyed by the hope that his leadership would return the economic prosperity of his previous term, which had been decimated by Bidenomics and rampant Congressional spending, fueling inflation to the worst levels in 40 years. Central to President Trump’s strong economic performance from 2016-2020 was the 2017 […]

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The huge valuations ascribed to X and xAI have raised eyebrows

Stocks whipsawed on Monday on economic worries, ending the quarter with its worst performance in three years.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argues that the American dream is about more than cheap televisions, but inflation-weary consumers might disagree.