Wheezing Consumers & Slowing Economy, No Problem: UK Inflation Jumps Most in 5+ Years. Rate Hike Due in November by Wolf Richter • Oct 17, 2017 • 45 Comments The Fed leads, other central banks follow.
Yellen Was Right: “Transitory” Factors of “Low” Inflation Are Reversing, with Much More to Come by Wolf Richter • Oct 13, 2017 • 76 Comments What’s Boiling Beneath the Surging Inflation?
The Terrible Facts about Real Earnings of Men by Wolf Richter • Sep 12, 2017 • 124 Comments The annual income data from the Census Bureau is here. Men, sit down.
Fed’s Dudley Drops Bombshell: Low Inflation “Actually Might Be a Good Thing” by Wolf Richter • Aug 15, 2017 • 104 Comments QE unwind in September, “another rate hike later this year.”
Inflation Spikes Most since 2008 in Mexico. Bad Timing by Wolf Richter • Aug 10, 2017 • 41 Comments Before the Elections and despite Bank of Mexico’s “monetary shock.”
Pharma Shares Melt Down, But Consumers Might See Relief by Wolf Richter • Aug 5, 2017 • 59 Comments Bloodbath among generics after government cracks down on price fixing.
What the Headlines Got Wrong about Friday’s Data Dump by Wolf Richter • Jul 15, 2017 • 48 Comments As if they’re trying to force the Fed to change course.
Jobs and Inflation: Gradually and Then Suddenly by Contributor • Jul 13, 2017 • 51 Comments The Fed and the ECB believe they can tighten and taper without killing the market so long as they jawbone this constantly.
Rising Wages Scare the Fed: “We Need to Get on with This” by Wolf Richter • Jun 21, 2017 • 99 Comments QE-Unwind may start in September.
Why “Suddenly Hawkish” Yellen Brushed off the Dip in Inflation by Wolf Richter • Jun 15, 2017 • 52 Comments She did her homework. And consumers got a temporary gift.