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US inflation

  • Thursday, 29 May, 2025
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  • Sunday, 25 May, 2025
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  • Thursday, 15 May, 2025
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  • Wednesday, 14 May, 2025
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  • Tuesday, 13 May, 2025
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  • Monday, 12 May, 2025
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  • Sunday, 11 May, 2025
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  • Wednesday, 7 May, 2025
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  • Thursday, 1 May, 2025
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    A good GDP report, but change is on the way

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  • Tuesday, 29 April, 2025
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    ‘Core’ GDP is the signal among all the noise

    Against an uncertain policy outlook, we need to utilise durable economic statistics that tell the real story

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  • Friday, 25 April, 2025
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    Donald Trump ally Kevin Warsh says US central bank failed to contain worst inflationary bout in a generation

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  • Sunday, 20 April, 2025
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    Banking committee member John Kennedy says US central bank ‘ought to be independent’

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  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
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    US central bank chair says ‘without price stability, we cannot achieve long periods of strong labour market conditions’

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  • Monday, 14 April, 2025
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    Governor Christopher Waller warns that should Trump resume steep duties growth will ‘slow to a crawl’

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  • Monday, 14 April, 2025
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  • Thursday, 10 April, 2025
    US inflation falls more than expected to 2.4% in March

    Drop comes as Fed grapples with how to respond to Donald Trump’s tariff U-turns

  • Tuesday, 8 April, 2025
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  • Monday, 7 April, 2025
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  • Sunday, 6 April, 2025
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    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

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  • Friday, 4 April, 2025
    Inflation fears add to pressure on Fed

    Bets on surging import prices show concern that US economy is slowing sharply or even flirting with recession

    A montage of Jay Powell, the Federal Reserve logo and chart
  • Tuesday, 1 April, 2025
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    The unmistakable whiff of stagflation on the eve of tariff day Premium content

    While US economic pain is mostly visible in soft data, that is still a problem for the Federal Reserve

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  • Monday, 31 March, 2025
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  • Friday, 28 March, 2025
    US stocks tumble as consumer gloom raises stagflation fears

    Americans express rising alarm over economy and job prospects as Trump’s tariffs weigh on outlook

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