Inflation news and analysis
Follow the inflation story through household bills, paychecks, policy, bonds, stocks, metals, and collectibles. Dated reporting and clearly labeled analysis explain the evidence, the tradeoffs, and the effect on buying power.
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Track the scheduled October jobs, CPI, PPI, import-price, and PCE releases, with a clear distinction between release dates and measured months.
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The September 11 real-earnings release shows different hourly and weekly outcomes. Understand how hours worked affect inflation-adjusted pay.
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BEA’s September 30 snapshot shows spending growing faster than income. Examine the gap without assuming every household financed it with debt.
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A gold-price story does not describe a mining company’s full return. Separate metal exposure from energy, wages, financing, and operating risk.
· AnalysisRead storyPaychecks, everyday prices, borrowing, housing costs, and cash reserves.
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The September 11 real-earnings release shows different hourly and weekly outcomes. Understand how hours worked affect inflation-adjusted pay.
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BEA’s August saving-rate estimate is useful context, but household cash reserves and debt make a universal savings percentage misleading.
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August’s food-at-home index was flat, but a zero aggregate change does not mean every grocery item or household bill stayed unchanged.
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August’s food indexes moved differently. Evaluate restaurant spending alongside grocery quantities, preparation costs, and the complete checkout total.
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The latest CPI category shows a monthly egg-price increase. Understand local differences and avoid turning one store’s receipt into a national trend.
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August’s airfare index rose sharply over the year. Compare routes, dates, baggage, and total trip costs before applying the national rate to a booking.
· Report analysisRead storyOfficial calendars, retirement announcements, and clearly dated previews.
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Track the scheduled October jobs, CPI, PPI, import-price, and PCE releases, with a clear distinction between release dates and measured months.
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Before the October 2 scheduled jobs release, separate payroll growth, hourly pay, workweeks, and the later real-earnings calculation.
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SSA says the next COLA will be announced in October 2026. Separate official determinations from estimates before planning a 2027 retirement budget.
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As October begins, distinguish published 2026 contribution limits from unannounced 2027 figures and avoid treating inflation forecasts as IRS rules.
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BEA’s September 30 snapshot shows spending growing faster than income. Examine the gap without assuming every household financed it with debt.
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August producer-price inflation rose in the September 10 release. Understand margins, contracts, and why cost increases do not pass through one for one.
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The September 16 import-price release adds another inflation signal. Separate border prices, tariff charges, currency effects, and final retail prices.
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Ahead of the next CPI release, examine base effects with an original index example and avoid confusing lower inflation with cheaper goods.
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Recent releases make data vintages important. Learn how to compare revised estimates and avoid mixing an old baseline with a new observation.
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EIA’s September outlook links distillate tightness with price pressure. Trace freight costs through contracts instead of assuming a fixed retail pass-through.
· Report analysisRead storyBond prices, TIPS, Treasury bills, credit, and inflation-adjusted income.
Photo by Mikhail Nilov on PexelsBonds and cash income
New rate offers can tempt CD holders after a policy move. Compare remaining interest, withdrawal penalties, reinvestment terms, and the same end date.
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A brokered CD’s secondary-market price can differ from its maturity value. Understand market exposure before treating it like a direct bank CD.
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Compare nominal and inflation-linked Treasury yields carefully. Breakevens reflect pricing and other premia, rather than a certain future inflation rate.
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A larger distribution can coexist with a lower share price. Compare bond-fund income, price changes, fees, and buying power together.
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The September Fed decision puts bond duration in focus. Learn why higher yields can help new buyers while hurting existing fixed-rate holdings.
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Inflation-linked principal does not eliminate interest-rate risk. Distinguish individual TIPS held to maturity from a changing fund share price.
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A Fed economist’s working paper says accounting rules inflated the Shiller CAPE after the 1990s, and that a corrected version now shows stocks are expensive.
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GAAP counts research as a cost and books large one-time charges, so reported earnings can understate profits. See how that pushes P/E and CAPE ratios higher.
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A falling portfolio and rising spending need can compound. Model withdrawal dollars and the remaining balance rather than relying on an unchanged percentage.
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As earnings reports approach, distinguish nominal sales growth, profit margins, and share-count changes before calling a company inflation resistant.
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For dollar-based investors, local market gains and exchange-rate changes combine. Calculate the home-currency return before adjusting for inflation.
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A limited-supply narrative is not proof of stable buying power. Compare cryptocurrency performance, volatility, fees, and a matched inflation period.
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A gold-price story does not describe a mining company’s full return. Separate metal exposure from energy, wages, financing, and operating risk.
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USGS’s 2026 copper summary describes broad industrial uses. Separate electrification demand, supply constraints, and investment-vehicle risks from inflation claims.
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World Gold Council data show central-bank buying and ETF selling in the same quarter. What that means for claims that gold simply follows inflation.
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Compare physical bullion and gold-linked securities using ownership structure, fees, spreads, storage, and liquidation terms.
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The Silver Institute’s April survey separates 2025 results from its 2026 forecast. Explore inventories, industrial demand, and inflation narratives.
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Compare industrial demand, transaction costs, volatility, and time horizons instead of assuming two precious metals respond identically to inflation.
· AnalysisRead storyProduction, reprints, grading, resale costs, and claims about investment returns.
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Compare auction headlines with buyer premiums, seller charges, shipping, original cost, and inflation before calling a card an investment success.
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When scarce products sell above retail, compare resale proceeds, supply policy, financing, and alternative cash uses rather than the premium alone.
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Separate total card production, availability of one release, and scarcity of a particular graded card before making an inflation-hedge claim.
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Pokémon’s May availability update says affected products will be reprinted. Analyze what additional supply can mean without predicting every card’s price.
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PSA increased selected card-grading prices in February. Calculate whether a grading premium covers fees, shipping, risk, and selling costs.
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Compare sealed boxes and individual cards by reprints, condition, authentication, storage, resale demand, and actual net proceeds.
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