PPI Explained: The Producer Price Index and What It Signals
The producer price index measures prices at the factory gate, an early warning for cost storms and a margin story...
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Euro Area Growth: A Year Under One Percent
Euro area growth was 0.94 percent over the year to mid-2026, with a record-low unemployment rate: the ceiling, not demand,...
What Is the CPI Basket? How Statisticians Decide What to Measure
The CPI basket is the surveyed list of goods and services behind every inflation headline, a portrait of an average...
Open Market Operations Explained: How Central Banks Move Rates
Open market operations are the textbook lever for moving rates, and since 2008 the largest central banks steer by administered...
Japan Bond Yields: 2.67 Percent After Two Decades Near Zero
Japan bond yields hit 2.67 percent, mid-1990s levels, after the zero era ended: the largest and least covered regime change...
What Is the Federal Funds Rate? The Most Important Interest Rate
The federal funds rate, 3.63 percent in July 2026, is an overnight interbank rate chosen as the handle on every...
Base Effects in Inflation Data: Why the Comparison Month Matters
Base effects inflation moves happen when the comparison month changes, not prices: the most predictable event in statistics, misread every...
Euro Area Inflation Nearly Doubled in Four Months
Euro area inflation went from 1.64 percent in January 2026 to 3.14 in May, one dated oil shock, no demand...
Breakeven Inflation Rate: What TIPS Tell Us About Expectations
The breakeven inflation rate, the gap between Treasury and TIPS yields, is 2.25 percent: the market betting today's 3.46 inflation...
What Is Aggregate Supply? The Production Side of the Economy
What is aggregate supply: the total output firms will produce at a given price level, flexible while costs are sticky,...