➡️ Inflation Is Here, But Is It Here to Stay?

Good morning. The latest consumer price index (CPI) numbers were expected to be high. But with..

It's the monthly jobs numbers today and they're not going to be pretty and will be possibly the tip of the iceberg as we head into May.

Good morning. The latest consumer price index (CPI) numbers were expected to be high. But with prices now rising at an annualized rate of over 4.2 percent per year, the highest since 1981 (when you could park money in Treasuries at 20 percent) it's clear that inflation is running hotter than even the Federal Reserve is looking for. Higher inflation means prices are rising higher, which sounds like it should be good for stocks. For companies that can pass on higher costs to customers, things should be fine. But many companies can't. And rising prices of commodities this year are leading to far higher prices than what's going into final consumer prices. There isn't enough data yet to determine if this is final or not, hence the stock market's reaction to this unexpectedly high level. 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