Headline consumer prices rose just 0.17 percent for the month, pulling year-over-year inflation down to 2.4 percent. Core inflation came in contained at 0.30 percent for January and 2.5 percent over ...
Word of the Day: Disinflation is a key economic term describing a slowdown in the rate of inflation — not prices falling, but prices rising more slowly than before. In practical terms, if consumer ...
Disinflationary trends in the U.S. economy will persist once temporary oil price shocks work their way through the system, according to Thomas Simons, Jefferies’ chief U.S. economist. Simons argued ...
The January CPI report came in milder than expected.The post-COVID-boom disinflationary period has not been a smooth, downward-sloping line but rather a bumpy roller coaster ride. Over the last six ...
CNBC's Steve Liesman and Thomas Simons, Jefferies chief U.S. economist, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss the latest economic ...