What Does 3.5% Inflation Really Mean?

Today we're talking about a challenge that extends far beyond higher education. It's a problem that affects shopping malls, office parks, resorts, industrial facilities, and even entire master-planned developments.It's what happens when a property becomes disproportionate to the ...  Show more

Tony Irwin is the President of Rental Housing Canada. On today's show I'm in person with Tony at the Canadian Rental Housing Conference. We're talking about housing policy, perception of immigration putting pressure on housing demand, and the myth of affordable housing. You can c ...  Show more

There’s a dichotomy between the pace of job growth and the unemployment rate. Our Chief U.S. Economist Michael Gapen and Global Head of Macro Strategy Matthew Hornbach analyze how the Fed might address this paradox.

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A couple of years ago, when warning of the need to fight inflation, Jerome Powell, Governor of the US Federal Reserve says interest rate would rise and jobs might disappear. Yet, interest rates have risen, and unemployment hasn’t fallen anywhere near as much as expected. So, what ...  Show more

Economists say that inflation is just too much money chasing too few goods.But something else can make inflation stick around.If you think of the 1970s, the last time the U.S. had really high sustained inflation, a big concern was rising wages. Prices for goods and services were ...  Show more

In this follow-up to our episode on inflation, we zoom in on one of the most underrated yet powerful forces shaping monetary policy and market moves: inflation expectations. What do people think prices will do in the future? Those expectations can actually fuel real inflation thr ...  Show more