The nasty consequences of natural gas price volatility
First, the good news. As the chart below shows, gas prices in continental Europe are nothing like as high or volatile as they ...
The state of the US economy, in 9 charts
President Donald Trump on Tuesday will address Congress for the first time in his second term, and he’ll do with an economy ...
Here’s just how much the cost of basic necessities has gone up in the past 5 years
Overall prices on consumer goods and services are up 23% in the last five years but many basic necessities have risen even ...
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OC Leader Board: Immigration – A Blessing in Disguise
As shown in Chart 1, immigration hit almost 3 million by 2024. During the first Trump presidency from 2017-2020, average ...
Tougher calls ahead: Five questions for the ECB
The European Central Bank is set to cut rates again on Thursday, but investors haven't been this unsure in a while on what ...
EUR/USD Weekly Forecast: Risk aversion to be exacerbated by Trump’s trade war
After trading choppily for most of the week, the EUR/USD pair plummeted on Thursday, bottoming early Friday at 1.0379, its ...
Dalal Street Week Ahead
Overall, the conditions are likely to remain favourable for bears with focus more on global cues (including US jobs data, manufacturing & services PMI numbers, ECB interest rate decision, China's two ...
New inflation data shows ‘very gradual slowing,’ expert says
Since inflation nearly always rises, what economists look for is not whether or not it rose, but how quickly. These latest numbers came in as experts expected.
US inflation cools in January, fueling hopes for a June rate cut
Inflation showed a modest decline in January, even as concerns grew over President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs. The ...
January PCE inflation rose 0.3% for annual rate of 2.5%, meeting Dow Jones expectations
Personal consumption expenditures inflation rose 0.3% in January for an annual rate of 2.5%, the Bureau of Economic Analysis ...
Jump in inflation expectations bad news for Trump, the Fed, and all Americans
A closely watched survey showed a big increase in consumer expectations for inflation, which is unwelcome news for the ...
The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge cooled last month, but consumer spending sank
The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge cooled as expected in January; however, the good news came with a red flag for the US economic engine: Consumers pulled back their spending by the most ...