The Latest Breaking News from Inflation

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Jayashree Arunachalam and Anand Vardhan are joined by comedian and screenwriter Anuvab Pal. The panel first discusses the Kunal Kamra controversy. Jayashree lays down the timeline of incidents and Abhinandan highlights the Supreme Court’s comments on free speech in the Imran…

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Friday closed down -1.97%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -1.69%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -2.61%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM25 ) are down -2.18%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Sell-off comes as White House’s 25 percent auto import tariffs set to begin in early April

However, Susan Collins said the inflation could be short-lived.

Lululemon's CEO said “consumers are spending less due to increased concerns about inflation and the economy.”

The stock market jumped Monday on Trump tariff hopes but later tumbled on actual Trump tariffs as well as hot inflation data.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -1.53%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -1.35%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -1.98%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM25 ) are down -1.59%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

The US Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measure was largely unchanged last month, according to government data published Friday, but a widely scrutinized gauge of underlying price pressures rose.

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is down by -0.32%. The dollar gave up an early advance today and turned lower after the University of Michigan March US consumer sentiment index was revised downward to a 2-1/3 year low. Also, today's US economic news showed that Feb personal spending rose...