Inflation
Is inflation transitory, or will it be persistent and even protracted? This is the key question many investors and business managers are struggling to answer. These QuickTakes aim to assess the answer based on the latest data on prices and wages.
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Powell Presses The Pause Button
The FOMC left the federal funds rate (FFR) unchanged yesterday at 4.25%-4.50%, as widely expected. At his…
The Economic Week Ahead: January 13-17
The week ahead is packed with inflation, consumer, and manufacturing indicators. Long-term Treasury yields could climb closer to 5.00%…
Bond Yields Have Normalized
The backup in bond yields since mid-September did not surprise us. But it has surprised lots of other financial pundits,…
MARKET CALL: Get A Neck Brace
Wednesday was a bad day for stocks after the release of the FOMC's Summary of Economic Projections (SEP)…
Fed's Hawkish Rate Cut Triggers Pausing Tantrum
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) cut the federal funds rate (FFR) by 25bps today, as widely expected. That takes…
Home For the Holidays
This is the time of the year when we all count our blessings. The Yardeni Research team thanks you for…
Sticky Landing For Inflation?
Today's CPI report suggests that inflation may be getting stuck north of the Fed's 2.0%…
China: A Deflating Dragon
Over the past three years, most American economists believed that a recession would be necessary to bring inflation down to…
Super Macro. Not So Super Micro.
Some of the air is coming out of the AI trade. Super Micro Computer hasn't been super recently.…
Powell Is Too Dovish
The monetary policy hawks may be coming home to roost at the Fed's November 6-7 meeting. September'…
The Economic Week Ahead: October 7-11
This week's inflation indicators should show that it continues to moderate toward the Fed's 2.0%…