Inflation, Interest Rates in the Spotlight This Week for Economy, Markets
Reports on consumer prices, retail sales and a Federal Reserve meeting make for a busy economic calendar.
The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, D.C.(GETTY IMAGES)
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Consumers Turn Cheery Ahead of Holidays ]Questions aplenty this week for the economy and the markets with answers to come in a data-filled week that puts the final stamp on two of 2022’s most important economic trends: the pace of inflation and the level of interest rates.
“Inflation has dominated the economy this year, and the economic outlook depends in large part on the path of inflation and the amount of pain required to get inflation back on track,” Joey Politano, a labor market expert and independent economics blogger, wrote Saturday on his Apricitas Economics blog.
The week’s highlight promises to be the Wednesday decision by the Fed on how much to raise interest rates with experts predicting a 50-basis-point hike after Chairman Jerome Powell signaled as much earlier this month in a speech at the Brookings Institution.
"The time for moderating the pace of rate increases may come as soon as the December meeting," Powell said. "We have a broad set of thoughts about where that destination might be, but we could be wrong. We'll have to see."
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