Inflation Figures/Price Indices
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Inflation rate slows again to 15-month low, PCE shows, as U.S. economy weakens
The numbers: The cost of U.S. goods and services rose a scant 0.1% in December in yet another sign inflation…
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Tesla is a ‘soft landing’ stock, says Goldman Sachs. Here are its picks for a gentle economic landing and stocks for a recession.
Pour one out for the beleaguered economists, who for once got an important indicator, the consumer price index, right on…
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2-year Treasury yield drops to 3-month low as U.S. CPI shows inflation slowing further
Treasury yields extended a new-year decline on Thursday, after an eagerly awaited U.S. December consumer-price index reading showed inflation continued…
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Inflation is easing, but the prices of these groceries are expected to soar in 2023 — including one whose price rose nearly 60% in December
General inflation is easing, but the prices of some food items are not going down anytime soon. And the reasons…
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Why Thursday’s U.S. CPI report might kill stock market’s hope of inflation melting away
Investors should not have unrealistic expectations regarding the pace at which U.S. inflation subsides in 2023, analysts argue, ahead of…
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U.S. adds robust 223,000 jobs in December. Wage growth slows in sign of ebbing inflation pressures
The numbers: The U.S. generated 223,000 new jobs in December to mark the smallest increase in two years, but the…
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‘Five days that killed the year’: These trading sessions accounted for 95% of the S&P 500’s losses in 2022
Just five trading sessions accounted for more than 95% of S&P 500 index losses in 2022, according to an analysis…
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What NASA knows about soft landings that the Federal Reserve doesn’t
The Federal Reserve still has a chance to meet both of its main goals — strong economic growth and stable…
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$22 billion in I-bond sales can’t be wrong. Why you may want to buy them even when their rate resets soon
I-bonds’ sky-high interest rate is poised to fall to 6.48% when they reset next month, according to industry experts. Still,…
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Dow edges up despite higher-than-expected inflation data
U.S. stock indexes traded mixed on Wednesday, while hotter-than-expected producer price inflation data deepened concerns that the Federal Reserve may…
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