Inflation

U.S. stock futures slipped on Wednesday after a mixed session on Tuesday. Futures of major benchmark indices were lower in premarket trading. As the “Liberation Day” has arrived, traders will look for cues from President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs” scheduled to...

As gold prices have been scaling new highs, experts believe there are more legs to this surge amid the growing economic uncertainty fueled by mixed economic data and President Donald Trump‘s impending tariffs. What Happened: Gold prices scaled a fresh high of $3,149.03 per ounce on Tuesday,...

The brief revival in U.S. factory activity vanished in March as input prices shot up at the fastest pace since mid-2022, raising red flags about eroding profit margins, cost pass-through risks and strained supply chains as the U.S. economy braces for the impact of “reciprocal trade tariffs....

Ed Yardeni, the veteran Wall Street strategist known for his bullish ‘Roaring 2020s’ thesis, is dialing back optimism and raising stagflation alarms as a new wave of U.S. tariffs threatens to throttle corporate margins and push inflation higher. In his latest Yardeni’s quicktake,...

For most of the past five years, bonds have been in a brutal bear market. Since peaking on March 9, 2020, the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) — the world’s largest fixed-income ETF — has lost nearly 50%, battered by tight monetary policy, strong economic growth and persistent...

Stock and ETF investors, take note. Peter Schiff sees trouble ahead and he's not mincing words. The renowned investor warns that the government and financial media are “making the same mistake again” as they did before the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, Schiff wrote on X. The culprit...

March saw gold post a historic outperformance over U.S. equities, with the bullion on track to beat the S&P 500 by its biggest margin in 13 years. Mounting concerns about trade tariffs, economic growth, and geopolitical instability drove the rotation into haven assets. Gold prices soared 9% in...

Risk sentiment deteriorated sharply in the second half of the week after President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on imported automobiles, compounding concerns about rising inflationary pressures. On Wednesday evening, the White House revealed plans to impose a 25% tariff on auto imports,...

The anchor underpinning trust in the U.S. monetary system, that is the confidence in the Federal Reserve's ability to keep consumer price changes on track, is facing its most severe test in decades, as inflation expectations spiral. Investors appear to be running out of patience, pouring capital...

The Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation came in hotter than expected on Friday. Experts are weighing in on how the latest data could affect the road ahead.  The Details: The Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index rose 2.5% year-over-year, matching January's reading...

The preliminary reading had already raised eyebrows among investors, yet the final data turned out even worse than feared. Five-year ahead inflation expectations — which reflect American consumers' perceptions of more structural inflation concerns — jumped to 4.1% in March, according to the final...

The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge rose more than anticipated in February, underscoring the bumpy road back to the 2% target and throwing cold water on expectations for imminent interest rate cuts. According to data released Friday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Personal...

Economist Craig Shapiro has said that the Federal Reserve has been “gaslighting the public,” after the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Tom Barkin said Thursday that inflation is not “de-anchored”. What Happened: Barkin, while speaking to the reporters...

The U.S. economy is heading towards a historic surge in public debt, one that's set to eclipse wartime records and cast a long shadow over future economic growth and policy freedom. In a report released Thursday, the Congressional Budget Office unveiled its latest long-term budget outlook. It...

A U.S. dollar bounce in reaction to imminent reciprocal tariff announcements might be the perfect moment to cash out before deeper economic tensions unravel the greenback, according to Bank of America. In its latest FX Viewpoint report, the team led by Athanasios Vamvakidis reaffirmed a bearish...