Inflation is ‘just too high and doesn’t seem to be coming down’: Fed’s Waller backs big interest-rate hikes
Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller on Thursday said he backs big increases in a key U.S. interest rate over the next several months to drive...
Consumers Say 2022 Is the Worst Economy Ever
One of the biggest threats to markets fails a basic sanity check. The threat is that households are the most depressed they have been since...
Powell Says Fed Must Accept Higher Recession Risk to Combat Inflation
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said he was more concerned about the risk of failing to stamp out high inflation than about the possibility of...
Larry Summers Nailed Inflation. But Is He Right on What Comes Next?
In February 2021, Larry Summers was right and I was wrong. The former Treasury secretary warned that President Biden’s stimulus package was far too large...
A Strong Dollar, a Weak Yen: Why the Gap Could Drive Inflation Even More
Text size The Japanese Yen has declined sharply against the U.S. dollar this year, which could create another destabilizing force for the global economy. Behrouz...
U.S. inflation expected to keep running hot: Traders see 4 straight months of roughly 9% or higher CPI readings
Just a day after Federal Reserve policy makers delivered their biggest rate hike in 28 years, the U.S. inflation outlook continues to look dire in...
Investors may be in for a rude surprise: History shows inflation can take years to return to normal even when the Fed hikes interest rates above 10%
History can be a powerful tool, particularly in a high-inflation environment like this one in which no suitable economic model seems to apply. Inflation —...
High Inflation, Slowing Growth Raise Risk of Global Downturn
The global economy is in danger of entering a period of so-called stagflation, or high inflation and weak growth, policy makers and corporate leaders say,...
The Inflation Japan Wanted Is Finally Here, but Not for the Right Reasons
TOKYO—Nearly a decade after its central bank targeted 2% inflation, Japan on Friday finally reached its goal. But instead of celebration, the occasion prompted concern...
Gold Prices Are Heading Higher as Inflation Rages. Why the Next Stop Could Be $3,000 an Ounce.
Gold bugs have been a lonely bunch, but that may be starting to change. In the past week, gold made another run at $2,000 a...