Tag: inflation
Dan Sutter: Why is inflation costly?
Inflation exceeded 5 percent in June. Double-digit inflation burdened Americans in the 1970s. Although we treat inflation as bad, economists find its...
Daniel Sutter: Two paths forward for healthcare
Numerous prominent Democrats now support Medicare for All, the most recent proposal for a single-payer healthcare system. A recent Trump Administration report, Reforming America’s...
Daniel Sutter: Gold, inflation and theft
President Donald Trump is reportedly considering former Godfather’s Pizza CEO and one-time presidential candidate Herman Cain for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Mr....
Daniel Sutter: The battle against inflation
Inflation fears rose briefly during 2018, as the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) approached 3...
Fed set to leave rates alone amid signs of rising inflation
The Federal Reserve achieved an inflation milestone this week, but that isn’t likely to alter expectations for what the Fed will announce when its...
Fed is likely to leave rates alone at a time of...
At some point in the coming months, the Federal Reserve is widely expected to resume raising interest rates. Just not quite yet.
On Wednesday, the...
Janet Yellen says she expects Fed to raise rates by year’s...
Chair Janet Yellen said Thursday that she expects the Federal Reserve to begin raising interest rates from record lows by the end of the...
