Comments on: The Federal Reserve Makes It Official: Inflation Is Dead

By: Consumers No Longer Accept the Blame for Inflation | Inflation Watch

Consumers No Longer Accept the Blame for Inflation | Inflation Watch — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 17:55:12 +0000

[…] a final blow to US inflation spike“, encapsulated this narrative as another way to announce the death of inflation. The article pointed to select but telling commentary from two notable American consumer-facing […]

By: Now the Market Just Needs the Rate Cuts | Inflation Watch

Now the Market Just Needs the Rate Cuts | Inflation Watch — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 08:08:50 +0000

[…] a forecast indicating no progress on inflation. The core CPI continues to suggest that (overall) inflation’s days are dead for […]

By: Financial Conditions Make A Monetary Roundtrip and Undercut the Need for Rate Cuts | Inflation Watch

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 04:53:16 +0000

[…] (headline and core). While overall momentum still favors an eventual confirmation for those who declared inflation dead last year, a more important reality looms to undercut the need for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates. […]

By: From Inflation Fizzle to Sizzle | Inflation Watch

From Inflation Fizzle to Sizzle | Inflation Watch — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 07:02:17 +0000

[…] Inflation is probably still dead, but its “stickiness” still has the potential to spook financial markets. In the middle of a giddy dance on inflation’s grave celebrating an inflation fizzle, the January, 2024 CPI (consumer price index) report delivered sizzle with a hotter than consensus expectations and sent the bond and stock market into a swirl. The following table comes from a CNBC interview with National Economic Director and former Federal Reserve vice chair Lael Brainard: […]

By: Bank of Canada’s Macklem: The End is In Sight But Rates Are Not Returning to Pre-Pandemic Levels | Inflation Watch

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 06:38:12 +0000

[…] Reserve’s decision on monetary policy the following week and the resulting celebration over the implicit announcement that inflation in the U.S. is dead. I had long anticipated the decline at the time with a target of testing the lower part of a […]

By: Inflation Now, Inflation 76 Years Ago | Inflation Watch

Inflation Now, Inflation 76 Years Ago | Inflation Watch — Sun, 07 Jan 2024 09:25:58 +0000

[…] other words, while financial markets celebrate the end of the Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation, there are plenty of looming inflation risks, any of which could deliver setbacks to current […]

By: A Memorial to Inflation…The Song and the Singer | Inflation Watch

A Memorial to Inflation…The Song and the Singer | Inflation Watch — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 16:36:17 +0000

[…] The Federal Reserve Makes It Official: Inflation Is Dead → […]

By: ITB: Permit Trends Foretold A Surge In Starts And A Home Builder Run-Up - Now What? - swigbuzz

Wed, 20 Dec 2023 18:03:02 +0000

[…] is very possible home builders just continue to rally. The animal spirits brought on by the Federal Reserve’s declaration of the death of inflation are clearly quite strong. The stock market is even ignoring the vain attempts of some members of […]

By: ITB: Permit Trends Foretold A Surge In Starts And A Home Builder Run-Up – Now What? – CryptoFinance7

Wed, 20 Dec 2023 18:00:17 +0000

By: ITB: Lettings trends predicted a surge in starts and a surge in homebuilders - now what? - iEYE

Wed, 20 Dec 2023 17:46:35 +0000

[…] very possible that homebuilders continue to rally. They bring animal spirits the Federal Reserve’s statement on the death of inflation they are obviously quite strong. The stock market is even ignoring the futile attempts by some […]