CPI
Warsh Inherits Fed Chair as Inflation Expectations Surge Past 6%
The new Federal Reserve chair takes office just as professional forecasters double their Q2 inflation projections, forcing an immediate hawkish stance that constrains any dovish pivot.
Hot CPI Print Kills Fed Cut Hopes, Hammers Duration-Sensitive Tech
April inflation at 3.8% YoY triggers sharp repricing across risk assets as rate-cut probability collapses from 60% to near-zero for 2026.
Iran Oil Shock Pushes US Inflation Toward 4% as Fed Rate Cuts Vanish
Tuesday's CPI report will show whether geopolitical tail risk has become a stagflationary policy trap.
Gasoline Shock Drives US Inflation to 3.3%, Erasing Fed Rate Cut Bets
March CPI surge—largest monthly jump in four years—forces policy reset as war-driven energy spike revives stagflation fears and squeezes household budgets.
March CPI Release Tests Fed Policy Calculus Amid Energy-Driven Inflation Surge
Today's 8:30 a.m. ET data drop will determine whether the central bank can hold rates steady or faces renewed tightening pressure as geopolitical shocks push annual inflation to 3.4%.
March CPI Release Tests Whether Iran Energy Shock Breaks Fed Rate Cut Forecast
Today's inflation data becomes first hard read on whether energy spike remains transitory or forces structural repricing of 2026 monetary policy.
Triple Supply Shock Converges: Oil Hits $112 as Port Strikes, Hormuz Closure, and Suez Disruptions Threaten Inflation Resurgence
West Coast labor instability, Iran's Gulf blockade, and Red Sea chaos collide with April demand surge, pushing shipping costs up 29% and forcing Fed policy recalibration.
Fed Trapped as Energy Shock Meets Sticky Inflation
March CPI data will test whether Powell can anchor expectations as geopolitical oil premium embeds in headline inflation and core refuses to budge.