Inflation
Consumer prices up 9.1 percent over the year ended June 2022, largest increase in 40 years
Over the 12 months ended June 2022, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers increased 9.1 percent. The 9.1-percent increase in the all items index was the largest 12-month increase since the 12-month period ending November 1981. Read The Full Story>
Read MorePowell Says Recession ‘Certainly a Possibility’ as Fed Is Determined to Hike Rates to Tame Inflation
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified in Congress on June 22 that the central bank remains determined to keep hiking interest rates high enough to cool the red-hot inflation, acknowledging that recession is “certainly a possibility” but insisting the American economy is robust enough to withstand tighter financial conditions. With decades-high inflation running “well above” the Fed’s longer-run target…
Read MoreJohn Kerry: ‘We Absolutely Don’t’ Need to Drill for Oil Despite Soaring Gas Prices
The Biden administration’s climate czar, John Kerry, proclaimed that despite record-high gas prices, the United States doesn’t need to drill for more oil or natural gas. Speaking during a forum, Kerry said that Republicans and some analysts have suggested that “we need more drilling” and “we need to go back to coal.” He then argued: “No, we…
Read MoreDimon Warns of US Economic ‘Hurricane’
Jamie Dimon, chairman and chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., described the challenges facing the U.S. economy akin to an “hurricane” down the road and urged the Federal Reserve to take forceful measures to avoid tipping the world’s biggest economy into a recession. Dimon’s comments come a day after President Jo Biden met…
Read MoreTucker Carlson Tonight’ host exposes what caused inflation to hit a 39-year high
Watch Tucker Carlson from Fox News discuss the economics of inflation and how we Americans are getting poorer. “But there is one core economic fact that everybody, even those of us with poor math skills, grasps instantly, and that’s when we’re getting poorer. How do you know when you’re getting poor? You know you’re getting…
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