Dip in the rate of inflation
There is finally some good news on the rate of inflation. The month of June has witnessed a big dip in the rate of inflation in the CPI of 8.6…
Policy rate and inflation
In the 1970s, economists believed that inflation was primarily caused by ‘monetarism’, which is too much money chasing too few goods. They contended that the only way to control inflation…
Investors revive inflation trades as 6pc Fed rate risk grips Wall Street
Spooked by a flurry of hotter-than-expected US economic and inflation data last month, investors are reviving trading strategies that bet on a higher peak in interest rates. The recalibration in…
Understatement of the rate of inflation
The rate of inflation, as measured by Consumer Price Index (CPI) with the base year of 2015-16, has been rising and then falling in 2019-20. It was 8.0 percent in…
Europe less at risk of inflation and rate fears
Investors are watching inflation carefully, worried that a boiling over of prices will ruin the expected strong pandemic recovery although analysts believe Europe faces much less of a risk than…
Dip in the rate of inflation
The year 2020-21 has been an eventful year. The first attack of Covid-19 ebbed by early July 2020 but was followed by two successive attacks. The third attack reached a…
Understatement of rate of inflation
The rate of inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has been declining. It was 11.1 percent in April 2021. It then fell to 10.9 percent in May…
Fed’s Harker says economy close to achieving inflation goal for rate hikes
The US Federal Reserve may be close to meeting the inflation mandate set for raising interest rates, Philadelphia Fed Bank President Patrick Harker said, but it may be a year…
Dip in the rate of inflation
There has been a noticeable drop in the rate of inflation on a year-to-year basis. The national Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 14.6 percent in January 2020. It has…
Understatement of the rate of inflation
Pakistan has been experiencing double-digit inflation after a gap of eight years. This has motivated the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics to change the base year of the Consumer Price Index…
