Deeper Analysis
U.S. Getting A Failing Grade on Inflation, but Who Is to Blame?
October 15, 2026
The Federal Reserve did a pretty good job promoting price stability over the first two decades of this century. Between January 2001 and January 2021 coinciding with the eight-year presidential terms of Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Barack Obama and the first four-year term of Republican Donald Trump, U.S. consumer prices rose 2.0% per […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Second Thoughts in the Marketplace
October 15, 2026
Ahead of the second of three U.S. price data events (CPI on Wednesday, PPI today and import prices tomorrow), investors are wondering if yesterday’s bond-market debacle was an over-reaction. Ten-year sovereign debt yields shortly before the PPI release were down from Wednesday closing levels by twelve basis points in France, eleven basis points in Italy, […] More
