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Dockworkers strike may cause food inflation, Christmas holiday shortages for US consumers

A strike by longshoremen at more than a dozen locations in the eastern United States threatens to reignite food inflation in the coming weeks, potentially leading to shortages of toys and Christmas trees just as the holiday season begins. About 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen's Association walked off the job Tuesday and picketed ports […]

Jimmy Carter, Whose Presidency Was Undone By Inflation, Turns 100

Jimmy Carter crossed the century mark on Tuesday, celebrating his 100th birthday, something no other U.S. president has accomplished. President Carter's term was marred by a number of domestic and international policy mistakes. Perhaps nothing was more significant than inflation. Inflation rose to the highest levels ever recorded in modern American history, and the problem […]

Core Inflation Ticks Up To 2.7%, Stuck At High Level Since May

Key indicators of inflation appear to remain well above levels consistent with the Federal Reserve's price stability goal. On Friday, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said the so-called core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, which excludes food and energy prices, rose 0.1% from July. This was in line with expectations and lower than last […]

Dow hits all-time high as Wall Street cheers cooling inflation

The Dow rose more than 400 points to an all-time high on Friday as a positive inflation report cleared the way for the Federal Reserve to focus on strengthening the labor market while continuing to ease interest rates. did. In recent trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 442 points, or 1%, to $42,617. The […]