Tag: Consumer Price Index

Weekly data: all eyes on American inflation
August 15, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

UK’s Inflation Rises For First Time This Year

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased for the first time since December 2023 when the central bank hiked interest rates to a 16-year high to temper inflation. In October 2022, UK inflation crested at 11.1% on the back of the pandemic. In the 12 months leading up to July 2024, the CPI rose by 3.3%,…

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February 20, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson

Hopes of an economic ‘soft landing’ evaporating

This higher-than-expected rise in inflation and the concurrent drop of sales during January 2024 showed no improvement in inflation or consumer strength. According to Yahoo Finance, Austan Goolsbee, the Chicago Federal Reserve president, advocated against unnecessary scepticism and said that one month’s CPI report will likely not rock the cradle and that inflation is clearly…

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