For a while now I've been thinking of writing about the Fed's ideas for monetary policy transmission while excess reserves remain in the banking system. I've been sidetracked by lots of interesting commercial banking stories. But two recent posts drew my attention. The first is this post in the Wall Street [...]
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The numbers are annualized to make them comparable. Money supply growth minus real gross domestic product was highest during the Trump administration and lowest during the Biden administration.
06/13/2024 - 4:49 am | View Link - Fed expected to dial back 2024 rate calls after digesting new inflation data
Investors are bracing for Federal Reserve officials this afternoon to dial back estimates of interest rate cuts in 2024. Before policymakers go public with those predictions, they get a fresh inflation reading from the Consumer Price Index (CPI) that is expected to show continued moderation in May after an encouraging April.
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Inflation. The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index rose 5.8 percent over the 12 months ending in December, and the index that excludes food and energy items (so-called core inflation) was up 4.9 percent—the highest readings for both measures in roughly 40 years.
06/13/2024 - 12:37 pm | View Website - How the Federal Reserve Controls Inflation
To control inflation, the Fed must use contractionary monetary policy to slow economic growth. The Fed's ideal inflation rate is around 2%—if it's higher than that, demand will drive up prices for goods.
06/13/2024 - 8:05 am | View Website - How Raising Interest Rates Helps Fight Inflation | TIME
Since interest rate hikes go into effect immediately, economists say it has potential to more quickly help control inflation. What impact will it have on consumers, investors, and businesses?
06/12/2024 - 10:11 pm | View Website - All the data so far is showing inflation isn't going away, and is ...
The inflation problem in the U.S. today first emerged in 2022, and had multiple sources. At the beginning of the flare-up, the issues came largely from supply chain disruptions that Fed...
06/12/2024 - 8:31 pm | View Website - US inflation cooled in May in a sign that price pressures may be easing ...
Updated 12:56 PM PDT, June 12, 2024. WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation in the United States eased in May for a second straight month, a hopeful sign that an acceleration of prices that occurred early this year may have passed. The trend, if it holds, could move the Federal Reserve closer to cutting its benchmark interest rate from its 23-year peak.
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