Consumer Price Index – August 2018

Key Takeaway: there was a moderation in the year-over-year growth rate for CPI – both Core and Headline – but that is unlikely to change Fed’s intention of two more rate hikes this year The Consumer Price Index increased by +0.2% in August on seasonally adjusted basis as compared to the expected increase of +0.3%…

More Dovish Than Fed’s Evans

That would be, drumroll please, Chicago Fed President Charles Evans, again. This is via MarketWatch: In a speech to the C.D. Howe Institute, an independent not-for-profit economic research firm based in Toronto, Evans said policy makers should vow low rates until unemployment falls below 6.5%, as long as inflation is not forecast to rise above…