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The Fed's "Do Nothing" Strategy Proves Costly
At a time when Americans are tightening wallets, the Fed should take its cues from the families who are pinching pennies to make ends meet.
The Real-Estate Game Is Changing Fast. Are You Ready to Win?
Supply-chain issues and resulting inflation may soon prompt rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. Here's what savvy property investors can do in response.
Surging Inflation Could See Millions of American Households Paying $3,500 in Additional Expenses This Year: Report
PWBM, a nonpartisan research-based initiative, estimates that the historic levels of inflation will require the average U.S. household to spend around $3,500 more in 2021 to achieve the same level of consumption of goods and services as in 2019 or 2020.
Small-Business Optimism About Future Conditions Falls to 8-Year Low, Hiring Difficulties Hit 48-Year High
The level of confidence in the six-months-ahead outlook for business conditions fell to an eight-year low while hiring difficulties hit a 48-year high, a new report shows.
Consumer Price Hikes Soften in August, Annual Inflation Stays Stubbornly High
The consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.3 percent in August from July, the Labor Department said in a Sept. 14 report, with consensus forecasts predicting a slightly higher 0.4 percent rate of monthly inflation.
Producer Prices See Biggest Annual Surge on Record, Stoking Broader Inflation Concerns
The Labor Department said in a Sept. 10 statement that, for the 12 months ending in August, the final demand producer price index (PPI) jumped by 8.3 percent, the highest number in the history of the series.
Inflation Growth Slows in July, Still a Concern as It Broadens and Stays Historically High
The Labor Department stated in a report on Aug. 11 that the consumer price index (CPI) jumped 0.5 percent in July from June, which is less than the previous monthly increase of 0.9 percent.
Key Inflation Gauge Posts Fastest Annual Price Gain In 30 Years
Some economists have expressed concerns that if prices accelerate too fast and stay high for too long, expectations of further price increases will take hold, driving up demand for wages and potentially triggering the kind of wage-price spiral that plagued the economy in the 1970s.
Beware the Goldilocks Labor Data
The May non-farm payrolls number appears to be a Goldilocks figure but we're not convinced. It's hot enough for the market to believe economic activity is accelerating yet not so hot as to force the FOMC's hand.
Biden Picks Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen to Head Treasury Department
Yellen would be the first woman to hold the job, and the first person to hold the three most influential economic positions in government: chair of the Federal Reserve, head of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, and treasury secretary.
3 Takeaways for Business Owners in Light of the Federal Interest Rate Hikes
Monitoring key predictors, like federal interest-rate hikes, as opposed to relying on instincts, provides a far better road map for your business's future.
Expect the Fed Rate Hike to Impact Your Wallet
This is only the second time since the end of the Great Recession it has been increased.
Fed Records Show Dozens of Cybersecurity Breaches
The U.S. Federal Reserve detected more than 50 cyber breaches between 2011 and 2015, with several incidents described internally as "espionage," according to Fed records.
Small Banks More Likely to Give Businesses the Funds They Need, Fed Says
Business owners were more positive in 2015, but cash flow and retaining good employees remain large concerns.
Wall Street Dreads a Fed Rate Hike but Entrepreneurs Shouldn't Worry
The smallest businesses that most need financing rarely qualify for a standard bank loan. An uptick in interest rates doesn't change that.,