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Is the Fed finally going to confront its inflation crisis?

The next trip to your favorite fast food joint may not produce a happy meal. Prices at fast-food restaurants jumped one percent in November compared with October, a big monthly jump that followed months of unusually high price hikes. Compared

A few months ago, Biden administration and Federal Reserve officials were declaring that auto-inflation had been vanquished. Then prices started soaring again.

Putting food on the family breakfast table got much more expensive in November.

The White House’s campaign to convince Americans that its big social welfare spending bill would reduce inflation has failed.

Among independents who own small businesses, support for Biden fell from 51 percent in the third quarter to just 33 percent now. 

The rise of exports means more income for U.S. producers, an economic positive, but it also increases the risk that inflation will continue to accelerate. Rising foreign demand for U.S. goods and services can push up prices for domestic consumers.

The forecast for the fourth quarter has gone from 5.1 percent inflation to six percent, even while growth expectations have been downgraded.

Durable goods orders rose by more than expected but more than all of the growth can be chalked up to rising prices.

The record-breaking November reading for ISM’s services measure was pumped up by inflation and supply chain problems.

It took six or seven months but now everyone agrees that Bidenflation is persistent rather than transitory.

Seventy-one percent of lower-income households are suffering while 63% of Democrats say they have suffered no hardship at all.

Inflation within the Eurozone hit nearly 5 per cent in November, the highest level recorded since the Euro was introduced in 1999.

Jerome Powell again focused on the risk of inflation running hotter and longer than many economists expect.

Shortages, rocketing fuel prices, and record high cost inflation are weighing down the U.S. manufacturing sector.

As prices of labor and construction materials soared, spending on building new homes actually declined in October.

Persistently high inflation would justify the Fed moving faster on winding down its bond purchases, Powell told a Senate panel Tuesday.

High and rising inflation is convincing more people that business conditions are poor and the labor market will weaken in the months ahead.

Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday that the test for reaching the Fed’s two percent target on average over time had been met, signaling that the Fed could taper bond-buying faster and raise rates earlier than previously anticipated.

Texas factories see a lot more inflation coming down the pipeline.

Rising rents, rising home prices, and rising mortgage rates sparked a “buy now” rush of home purchases in October.

Black Friday shoppers may experience sticker shock this year. Prices of toys, clothing, electronics, computers, and televisions are expected to be between five and 17 percent higher this year than last year. That’s because discounts are being put on prices

Car rental prices ahead of Thanksgiving have seen a substantial increase compared to 2020 and 2019, according to reports. 

Time is running short to contain inflation without a painful recession.

Biden tries to pass the buck for inflation to gas stations. The data do not support his claim.

Prices are expected to climb even faster, according to a survey by the Richmond Fed.

Oil prices rose above $82 a barrel on Tuesday morning after the Biden administration announced the U.S. and other nations would release tens of millions of barrels of oil from reserves in a ploy to lower prices.

Worries over inflation are now the number one issue for the largest share of Americans since 2001.

The US isn’t the only nation looking at a pricy Thanksgiving, with UK bread prices set to soar by up to 20% in the coming weeks.

This is how they want you to fight inflation: eat soy and stay away from loved ones.

President Joe Biden plans to blame businesses for raising prices and higher inflation this week, as his poll numbers continue to plunge.

The average cost of a classic Thanksgiving feast for 10 rose 14 percent, according to the Farm Bureau. This is the highest cost in the 36 years of Farm Bureau surveys.

White House economists told America inflation would fade in the later months of 2021. Instead, prices are surging again.

Retail sales grew by more than expected in October. But it’s not clear if that is because people were buying more or if this just reflects higher prices.

Gettysburg, South Dakota — So it is true. Money really can’t buy you love. Just ask Joe Biden.

The producer of one in every five pounds of meat consumed in the U.S. says it is sharply raising prices to keep up with inflation.