inflation

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The Fed’s favored inflation measure, the personal consumption expenditure price index, will be released on Thursday, but that covers February, and so won’t capture most of the oil price rise.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Rising inflation more generally could prompt the European Central Bank to hike borrowing costs, adding further pressure on customers’ willingness to place orders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Still, investors have responded by moving back into bonds — fixed income assets that become less attractive as inflation accelerates — forcing Treasury yields sharply lower.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Treasurys and the dollar fell to a one-month low, while gold and silver jumped as expectations of an inflation shock-induced Federal Reserve interest rate hike dimmed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

College graduates have received steady pay increases over the past two decades, while the pay of everyone else has risen little more than the rate of inflation.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times