Core Inflation Softens, but the Final Mile to 2% Remains Sticky
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.2% in January and increased 2.4% year-over-year, according to…
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Dr. Duru Jerome Powell: Meaningful Inflation Is Coming
The press conference for the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) was about as boring as…
Inflation at Target and GDP Growth Recovery: A Comeback Case for the Australian Dollar
Over the past year, I’ve grown increasingly interested in the Australian dollar as a contrarian…
An Early Look At Stagflationary Pressures
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s April 2025 Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey provided an early…
Inflation Concerns Rise at the Federal Reserve Amid Tariff Unease
Inflation concerns are apparently on the rise at the Federal Reserve amid tariff unease. Recent…
The Sleight of Hand Behind the ‘One-Time Adjustment’ and ‘Transitory’ Tariff Inflation Narrative
“Tariffs are a one-time price adjustment.” This quote is the bold yet defensible claim U.S.…
The Rice Panic of 2007
On November 4, 2011, NPR’s Planet Money did a “blast from the past” podcast reviewing…
U.S. Imposes Anti-Dumping Duties on Chinese Steel Grating
The Commerce Department’s International Trade Association issued a preliminary finding determining that Chinese companies are…
U.S.-China trade tensions escalating; United Steelworkers eyeing paper, glass, cement imports.
Last week, the U.S. Commerce Department announced it was considering imposing a tariff of nearly…
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