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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

What "Low-Flation"? Core CPI Jumps Most In 3 Years As Food Costs Push Higher

The Fed is losing its reasons for printing, leaving it desperate to revive the meme that the US economy is in self-sustaining recovery mode. At 2.0% Core CPI has caught up with the hot-flation of PPI removing the crutch of low-flation easement the Fed has been relying on. While Ex-Food-and-Energy is surging (well above expectations), the food index rose 0.5% in May after increasing 0.4% in each of the three previous months; and the index for food at home increased 0.7%, its largest increase since July 2011. This is all happening against a backdrop of real hourly wages dropping 0.1% YoY.

Does this look like the Fed has inflation concerns under control?

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Their policy is going to be devastating to our economy... But we will continue to elect incompetence because we can not get past the division this administration has created in our country