There have been important methodological changes in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) over time. These distort comparisons of inflation from…
We study how the recent run-up in housing and rental prices affects the outlook for inflation in the USA. Housing held down the overall…
August 5, 2022, Video: (in the larger segment starting at 23:58 and the full segment at 33:22) "On this edition of Wall Street Week, Mona…
August 5, 2022, Opinion: "The July 2022 US employment report surprised to the upside and depicts a labor market that is still very tight.…
August 3, 2022, Video: "Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers sits down with Yahoo Finance's Jennifer Schonberger to assess the Inflation…
August 2, 2022, Video: (4:23) ""Bloomberg Crypto" covers the people, transactions, and technology shaping the world of decentralized…
August 2, 2022, Opinion: "The US Federal Reserve tried hope as a macroeconomic strategy last year and ended up contributing to today’s…
Debt in emerging markets and developing economies is at its highest level in half a century. In about 9 in 10 emerging markets and…
August 1, 2022, Opinion: "In March 2022, we predicted a high probability of recession over the next 12 to 24 months given the high level of…
August 1, 2022, Opinion: "The longstanding argument that go-go Keynesian fiscal stimulus is the answer to every imaginable economic shock…