Inflation has inched higher in the past six months, but that’s not a danger sign, but rather a harbinger of improving economic conditions and a strengthening recovery. And that, in turn, should lead to higher wages and more hir…
As earlier bouts of alarmism over Europe, then a double-dip recession and then deflation fade away, a new bogeyman is taking their place: Inflation, and the damage it could do to profits and stocks. Yes, prices are rising, but …
After years of exhorting China to increase the value of its yuan, the currency is finally rising. Why that’s so is the result of the Fed’s quantitative easing program. Here’s how Bernanke managed to succeed where political wran…
The U.S. economy has strengthened, but not enough for the government to pare down its bond-buying program, according to the latest Fed minutes. In late 2010, investments rose and the job market improved — but the housing marke…
While most of the world’s central banks are still fighting the last war, Sweden’s Riksbank has moved on to the next one. Rather than looking at conventional inflation gauges, the world’s oldest central bank is basing its action…