US inflation is lingering and tariffs threatened by Trump could nudge prices in wrong direction
An inflation gauge closely watched by the Federal Reserve rose slightly last month, the latest sign that some consumer prices ...
High Inflation Sows Debate About New Fed Playbook for Tariffs
Fresh tariffs amid high inflation are making the Fed’s job uniquely difficult and feeding uncertainty about what to expect ...
The Fed’s go-to inflation gauge heated up again
The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge moved even higher in December, driven in part by rising food and energy prices. However, a closely watched measurement of underlying inflation trends ...
US Inflation Increases in December; Consumer Spending Robust
Consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, jumped 0.7% in December after an ...
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Trump Officials Fire Jan. 6 Prosecutors and Plan Possible F.B.I. Purge The move to scrutinize thousands of F.B.I. agents was a powerful indication that President Trump has few qualms deploying law ...
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The Debt-Inflation Channel of the German Hyperinflation
Using newly digitized macro- and micro-level data from the German inflation of 1919-1923, we show that inflation led to a large reduction in real debt burdens and bankruptcies. Firms with higher ...