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Stocks Finish Roughly Flat After Inflation Data
[ad_1] Stocks staged an afternoon rally to erase most of their earlier declines Thursday after new data suggested inflation might not be cooling quite as quickly as some investors hoped.…
Inflation Edged Up in December After Rapid Cooling Most of 2023
[ad_1] Updated Jan. 11, 2024 1:27 pm ET Americans caught a big break last year as inflation fell by nearly half and paychecks grew, delivering real wage gains in 2023…
Americans Begin to Believe Inflation Is Cooling
[ad_1] Jan. 11, 2024 10:56 am ET It matters that inflation is lower now than it was a year ago. It also matters that people’s inflation expectations are moving lower.…
Americans Have Started to Believe Inflation Is Cooling
[ad_1] Jan. 11, 2024 10:56 am ET It matters that inflation is lower now than it was a year ago. It also matters that people’s inflation expectations are moving lower.…
Why This is a Good Year to Be a Renter in Four Charts
[ad_1] Families could finally catch a break on one of the biggest bills they may pay each month: the rent. The sting of rent inflation hit tenants hard the past…
This Inflation Measure Is Running Hot. It’s Probably Wrong.
[ad_1] For a reason to worry that inflation might not be cooling all that fast, look no further than the Cleveland Fed’s median consumer-price index. But look under the median…
How Supply-Chain Snarls Made Everyone Wrong on Inflation
[ad_1] On inflation forecasting, everybody has a bit of egg on their faces. New research suggests that a misunderstanding of what was happening with global supply chains might be part…