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post: Fed’s Powell: US Economy Has Been Performing Very Well Fed’s Powell: US Economy Has a Very Strong Labor Mkt Fed’s Powell: Households Are in Good Shape Financially post: Powell: Overall a Good Picture Looking at US Economic Data So Far Fed’s Powell: Labor Mkt is Coming Back Into Better Balance Powell: Labor Mkt Moving Back Into Better Balance post: Powell: Signs of Gradual Cooling in the Labor Mkt with Supply and Demand Getting Into Better Balance Powell: Inflation in Q1 Was Notable for the Lack of Further Progress Powell: We Did Not Expect a Smooth Road on Inflation, We Have to Be Patient and Let Policy Do Its Work post: Fed’s Powell: We Expect Continued GDP Growth 2% or Better Powell: We Expect the Labor Mkt to Continue to Rebalance but Remain Strong Fed’s Powell: Expect Inflation Will Move Back Down Powell: Expect Inflation to Move Down Back to Levels More Like Last Year post: Fed's Powell: my confidence in inflation moving back down is lower than it was.
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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 ...