August’s as-expected 0.3% consumer price index rise shows the U.S. economy is experiencing disinflation, or lower inflation, but not outright deflation. Still, current levels are about as low as the Fed wants inflation to be.
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Inflation at the wholesale level remains tame, as producer prices rose 0.4% in August, but that statistic was boosted higher by a jump in often-volatile energy prices, the U.S. Labor Department announced Thursday. The core rate, which excludes food and…
Major structural and cultural differences between the U.S. and Japan mean that Treasury bond investors simply using Japan as a template for how things will unfold here may be overlooking important factors. Key among them is a g…
Some of Thursday’s top online stories for investors, including seven ways you can improve your performance in the stock market, why silver may be a better investment than gold, and which stocks do well in deflationary periods.
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Mired in deflation and stagnant for decades, Japan has been the economic basket case of the developed world, a cautionary example of malaise run amuck. But because it’s export-oriented, the world’s third-largest economy is gett…