by Jiana Smith | Apr 15, 2024 | Featured, Inflation, Retail
The U.S. Census Bureau will release its monthly retail sales report on Monday. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg expect a 0.4 percent gain in retail sales for March. Thus far, retail sales have trended softer this year than in 2023, with an unexpected 1.1 percent drop...
by Laura Turbay | Mar 27, 2024 | Featured, Inflation
Consumer prices rose slightly faster in February, a signal for the Fed to hold cutting interest rates. Prices rose 0.4% from a month earlier in January and increased 3.2% from a year ago, according to the Labor Department. That rise in prices was slightly higher than...
by Jiana Smith | Mar 20, 2024 | Featured, Inflation, Uncategorized
Fashion stylist Daun Green started her company Dusk ‘Til Dawn in her home in 2015. However, as she booked more film and photo shoots and found herself carrying more supplies, she knew she needed a change of pace–a truck and a showroom. Green decided to apply for a...
by Laura Turbay | Feb 20, 2024 | Featured, Inflation
Consumer price data surprised economists with a surge in prices for services, underscoring the bumpiness of the road towards slower inflation. Prices rose 3.1% in January from a year earlier, compared to 3.3% in December, the Labor Department said Tuesday. That was...
by Jonnathan Pulla Velecela | May 10, 2023 | Inflation
Inflation is expected to slow, but barely in the Consumer Price Index report to be released on Wednesday at 8:30 am. Here are five things to keep an eye out for: April showers bring… more headaches for the Fed? Economists forecast inflation to rise 0.4 percent on a...
by Jonnathan Pulla Velecela | Apr 5, 2023 | Inflation
When Diego Zapata (49) decided to buy his 2022 Nissan Sentra, he didn’t expect it to be a bumpy ride. He was working 60 hours a week as a porter at a grocery store for most of last year, including the winter season, and thought buying a vehicle was not only going to...
