Inflation

The Fed will have to "pivot from stabilization to accommodation" during the pandemic, Fed governor says.

How will competing demand and supply shocks will influence inflation, the value of our currency and our prominence on the international stage?

Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell announced the group's new policy framework, but didn't explain why it would work.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced a new approach to monetary policy Thursday that takes a more relaxed stance on inflation and on its view of how low U.S. unemployment can go.

Observers expect the Fed to use the gathering, virtual this year, to release the new monetary policy framework it's been working on.

Recent inflation data suggests an expected pickup in inflation, but economists see a different picture.

Members of the economic research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco take a look at the relationship between the effective lower bound interest rates and inflation.

An infrastructure plan is a likelihood, in some form, since members of both parties favor it.

With interest rates on hold until the picture is clearer, the Summary of Economic Projections should take center stage.

Inflation, low before the coronavirus shut the economy, drops further.

Gross domestic product grew at the expected 2.1% annualized pace in the third quarter, as economists wondered how long consumers will stay strong and offset soft business investment.

The economy should continue its moderate growth path, inflation may tick up, downside risks seem to have been put at bay by the Federal Reserve, and rates are likely to stay where they are, experts say.

Inflation remains tame, and although the consumer price index has ticked up, producer prices surprised to the downside Thursday.

While the consumer price index climbed 0.3% in July, as did the core rate, the broad-based increases are unlikely to continue, according to analysts.

The market will look for clues about monetary policy when Fed Chair Jerome Powell testifies before Congressional panels this week.

Consumers see inflation rising 2.7% in the next three years and expect the Fed to cut rates, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s June Survey of Consumer Expectations.

Municipal managers and analysts say the new quarter will see less volatility and more opportunity for value and upside potential.

Consumers’ inflation expectations ticked up for the three-year horizon, according to the March Survey of Consumer Expectations.

Acyclical factors may be responsible for core personal consumption expenditures price index inflation reaching the Fed’s 2% target in July.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said a rising U.S. debt burden could derail the current expansion.