Monthly Archives: August, 2008

Latest Fed minutes show concern over inflation

US Inflation Calculator Staff - August 27, 2008 0

That latest Federal Reserve minutes taken during the Fed's August 5th meeting where they held interest rates steady indicates a concern over greater inflation...

Fed chief Bernanke forecasts moderate inflation

US Inflation Calculator Staff - August 22, 2008 0

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said inflation was on track to ease later this year and next. Bernanke made the comments Friday at an...

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s speech on Aug. 22, 2008

US Inflation Calculator Staff - August 22, 2008 2

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke before an annual economic conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on August 22, 2008. He touched on several economic items,...

Growing inflation: Wholesale prices jump to highest annual rate in 27 years

US Inflation Calculator Staff - August 19, 2008 0

The Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures prices at the factory door and inflation pressures before they reach the consumer, jumped 1.2% in July...

Inflation fastest in 17 years, rate climbs 5.6%

US Inflation Calculator Staff - August 14, 2008 0

The annual inflation rate climbed to 5.6% in July — the fastest growing rate in 17 years, according to Labor Department figures released Thursday....

Inflation helped by lower commodity prices

US Inflation Calculator Staff - August 11, 2008 0

The Fed and consumers may have less cause for worry over inflation as a continual fall in commodities gives everyone money to...

Fed warns against inflation, but hold rates at 2%

US Inflation Calculator Staff - August 6, 2008 0

The Federal Reserve met Tuesday and did what most expected... nothing. Concern over both inflation and economic growth were voiced. But in the end,...