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A pair of economic reports this week will show whether inflation is holding strong, receding somewhat or even perhaps increasing as 2024 progresses. First up will be the producer price index for April on Tuesday. The measure of inflation at the wholesale level – the prices businesses pay for the goods and services they then sell to consumers – is expected ...
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post: Powell: the Policy Rate is Restrictive Powell: Time Will Tell if We’re Sufficiently Restrictive on Policy Powell: Don’t Think Likely Next Move Would Be a Rate Hike post: Powell: Restrictive Policy May Take Longer Than Expected to Bring Inflation Down Powell: We Will Get Inflation Down to 2% post: Powell: Housing Inflation Has Been a Bit of a Puzzle Powell: Current Rent Increases Have Been Low for Some Time, Not Showing Up in Rollover Leases post: Powell: Lags Between Decline in Mkt Rates and It Showing Up Are Longer Than We Though Powell: It Should Show Up, Just a Question of When post: Powell on the April PPI: "I wouldn’t call it hot. I would call it sort of mixed." (The main readthroughs to PCE from the PPI likely offset as lower airfares and health care costs likely offset the hotter financial services subcomponent.)