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Short-Term Inflation Expectations Continue to Tick Up; Labor Market Expectations Deteriorate

NEW YORK—The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data today released the September 2025 Survey of Consumer Expectations, which shows that households’ inflation expectations increased at the short- and longer-term horizons and were unchanged at the medium-term horizon. Despite a small rebound in the expected job finding rate, labor market expectations continued to deteriorate with consumers reporting …

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Ken Griffin has a warning for Trump and the GOP: ‘I would not underestimate how grating a 3% inflation rate could be’

Ken Griffin has a warning for Trump and the GOP: ‘I would not underestimate how grating a 3% inflation rate could be’

For Citadel CEO Ken Griffin, the political implications of still-elevated inflation are not lost on him. Inflation has come down a lot from 9% in 2022 to 2.9% in the government’s latest CPI report. Core PCE prices, the Fed’s favorite gauge of inflation, rose 2.9% in August, matching July’s climb.  But inflation has been sticky as tariffs take hold, and …

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Inflation Is in Services despite Powell’s Denials: PCE Price Index for Core Services Accelerated Further. Durable Goods Prices Fell for 2nd Month

Inflation Is in Services despite Powell’s Denials: PCE Price Index for Core Services Accelerated Further. Durable Goods Prices Fell for 2nd Month

The 12-month overall PCE & core PCE price indices, which the Fed uses for its target, are worse than a year ago. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Inflation is in services, where it accelerated further, even in the inflation index that the Fed prefers, the PCE Price Index released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, though Powell has been denying it …

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Ken Griffin has a warning for Trump and the GOP: ‘I would not underestimate how grating a 3% inflation rate could be’ on Americans – MSN

Ken Griffin has a warning for Trump and the GOP: ‘I would not underestimate how grating a 3% inflation rate could be’ on Americans  MSN Citadel’s Griffin says Apple should not be exempted from tariffs only because it’s ‘connected’  CNBC Citadel’s Ken Griffin Sounds Off on Tariffs, Quarterly Reporting and Control of the Fed  The Wall Street Journal Ken Griffin says it’s ‘anti-American’ …

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Fed’s favored inflation gauge accelerates slightly in August

Fed’s favored inflation gauge accelerates slightly in August

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s favored inflation gauge accelerated slightly in August from a year earlier. The Commerce Department reported Friday that its personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index was up 2.7% in August from a year earlier, a tick higher from a 2.6% year-over-year increase in July and most since February. Excluding volatile food and energy prices, so-called …

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U.S. Stock Futures Slip as Market Awaits Key Inflation Data

U.S. Stock Futures Slip as Market Awaits Key Inflation Data

U.S. stock futures were trading near the flatline Thursday evening as investors looked ahead to August’s Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index report. The PCE is the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation, and economists expect the data to show an uptick. Futures on the Nasdaq 100 (NDX), the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), and the S&P 500 Index (SPX) were down 0.18%, 0.01%, and 0.06%, respectively, …

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Wall Street opens higher after inflation data calms rate-cut jitters – Reuters

Wall Street opens higher after inflation data calms rate-cut jitters  Reuters Dow rises 300 points after in-line PCE inflation report: Live updates  CNBC Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq rise as PCE inflation data meets expectations  Yahoo Finance Fed’s go-to gauge shows sticky inflation as Trump threatens more tariffs  Axios Fed, Tariff Fears Spell Trouble for Stocks. Why Investors Must Hold Their Nerve …

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PCE inflation August 2025:

PCE inflation August 2025:

Breakfast cereals are displayed for sale in Medford, Massachusetts, U.S., April 22, 2025. Brian Snyder | Reuters Core inflation was little changed in August, according to the Federal Reserve’s primary forecasting tool, likely keeping the central bank on pace for interest rate reductions ahead. The personal consumption expenditures price index posted a 0.3% gain for the month, putting the annual …

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Stocks Extend Slide for a Third-Straight Day Ahead of Inflation Data – The Wall Street Journal

Stocks Extend Slide for a Third-Straight Day Ahead of Inflation Data  The Wall Street Journal Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq fall amid sharp GDP expansion, jobless claims dip  Yahoo Finance Wall Street indexes finish lower, data raises uncertainty for rate-cut outlook  Reuters Stock Market Today: Indexes Fall For Third Day; IBM Leaps On Quantum Bets (Live Coverage)  Investor’s Business Daily Stock futures …

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