Inflation & Devaluation

Core Services PPI Explodes, Worst since March 2020, Causes Overall PPI and Core PPI to Explode

by Wolf Richter • Aug 14, 2025 • 220 Comments

Food prices also spiked. Energy prices surged due to diesel, jet fuel, and industrial electric power. Ugly all around.

Fed’s Nightmare: CPI Inflation in Core Services Worst in 6 Months, Pushing Core CPI to Worst in 6 Months. Some Goods Prices Fell, Others Rose

by Wolf Richter • Aug 12, 2025 • 209 Comments

The shocker for the 2nd month was the re-acceleration of inflation in core services, the biggie, accounting for 60% of overall CPI.

Used Car & Truck Wholesale Prices amid Solid Retail Demand and Tight Supply

by Wolf Richter • Aug 7, 2025 • 15 Comments

Another squiggle, down this time, in moderate inflationary pressures that started a Year Ago.

PCE Inflation Accelerates in Services and Goods. What Powell Is Waiting For

by Wolf Richter • Jul 31, 2025 • 91 Comments

Not everything rose. Prices fell for new vehicles, auto parts, auto accessories, and phones.

Fed’s Rates Not Restrictive for Markets. Financial Conditions Ultra-Loose. Manias Form, Margin Debt Blows Out, Junk Bonds Party in La-La-Land

by Wolf Richter • Jul 27, 2025 • 170 Comments

There are exceptions: Parts of commercial real estate are in a depression, and the housing resale market has frozen.

Fed’s Nightmare: CPI Inflation in Services Reheats (not tariffed), while Inflation in Durable Goods, Apparel & Footwear (tariffed) Remains Cool

by Wolf Richter • Jul 15, 2025 • 188 Comments

While pundits looked with their magnifying glasses for tariffs in consumer goods prices, it was in services, which are not tariffed, where inflation took off again. Shocker? No

Used Car & Truck Wholesale Prices Been Rising for a Year, in Part Driven by Surging Prices of Used EVs

by Wolf Richter • Jul 8, 2025 • 35 Comments

Amid tight supply and solid demand.

Tariff Cash Is Rolling In: June’s Record Take Spikes by $20.5 Billion Year-over-Year

by Wolf Richter • Jul 1, 2025 • 73 Comments

Businesses have been paying them out of their huge profits and have not been able to pass them on to consumers so far.

PCE Inflation Accelerates. But Tariffs Haven’t Shown Up Yet: Why the Fed Is in Wait-and-See Mode

by Wolf Richter • Jun 27, 2025 • 71 Comments

The 6-month PCE price index accelerated to 2.8% annualized, despite dropping energy prices. It’s been 2.7% to 3.3% in 2025, sharply higher than in the 2nd half of 2024.

The Corporate-Profit Explosion Stalls in Q1, on the Eve of the New Tariffs

by Wolf Richter • Jun 26, 2025 • 62 Comments

In some industries, profits surged. In others, profits sagged. By major industry.

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