Australia’s inflation data for the March quarter suggests the central bank will impose one or two further increases to meet its policy objectives.
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Big interest rate hikes could cause more market turmoil, while doing too little could have the same effect.
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Despite the highest inflation rates in 40 years, Apple chose not to raise prices on its gadgets. More bizarre, the consumer price index suggests smartphones are 20% cheaper than a year ago.
Inflation remained near a 40-year high due to a jump in the cost of food and shelter. But that might not mean the Federal Reserve will get more aggressive when it comes to monetary policy.
The Bank of Canada’s expansionary monetary policy in 2021 is an important source of the high inflation we are experiencing today.
An economist provides insight into how inflation is measured, where it comes from and how it is impacting Canadians and the economy at large.
Monthly figures mightn’t be more accurate, and they will often be misleading.
Asked how high an inflation rate Australia should prepare to tolerate, three of the 48 economists nominated 8% or higher. Seven expected inflation to fall without the need for further action.
Never, in the three decades the Reserve Bank has been targeting inflation, has it been tested by prices rising in unison like this.
Inflation has hit 6.1%, and the rate of inflation on necessities is 7.6%. Bringing it down will require still higher interest rates and exquisite judgement in order to avoid a recession.
Soaring inflation in the US has been driven in part by large increases in the price of groceries – a burden that falls disproportionately on lower-income families.
The rich history of UK consumer culture has been captured in the composition of the ‘basket of goods’ used to measure inflation.
A bigger-than-expected jump in inflation means the Fed may have to get more aggressive about interest rate hikes. An obscure economic indicator suggests it has room to do so.
Lower real living standards now represent the price of being in paid work.
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Economics, Clark University
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Professor of Finance, North Carolina State University
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Professor of Finance and Fred T. Tattersall Excellence in Finance Research Chair, West Virginia University
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Associate Professor of Economics, Pace University
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Lecturer in Economics, Monash University
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Peter Whiteford es Amigo de The Conversation.
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Teaching Focused Lecturer in Econometrics, University of Manchester
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Professor of Economics, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Distinguished Professor, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, & Interim Head, Department of Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Economics and Political Economy, University of Leeds
