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Donald J. Trump joined Yahoo Finance for a wide-ranging conversation covering topics such as the U.S. economy, COVID-19 vaccines, cryptocurrencies, and his thinking on a third run for the presidency in 2024. The full interview will be released on Monday. Former President Donald Trump told Yahoo Finance that inflation is one of the issues that will help him determine if he will run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024. Soaring prices have become a fixture of the pandemic-era… Source link

‘Investors are now nervously eyeing October, and wondering perhaps if this could be the beginning of further weakness.’ Photo: Daniel Roland/AFP via Getty Images There was blood in the markets on Friday, as European stocks dragged lower after posting their first negative month since January. It came as Eurozone inflation hit its highest level in 13 years due to surging energy prices. According to Eurostat, headline inflation came in at 3.4% last month, the highest level since September 2008… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Thursday, September 23, 2021 The famed ‘Fed put’ is alive and well. The Federal Reserve isn’t entirely asleep at the switch on soaring prices, and doesn’t appear to be committing a policy error — at least not yet. Those were the main takeaways from Wall Street’s reaction to the Fed’s policy decision, which sent a market addled by… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Thursday, September 16, 2021 Apple’s hardware isn’t getting any pricier, but ‘you can’t eat an iPad’ Amid much fanfare, the latest iPhone iteration arrived this week, with more than a few grumbles about Apple’s (AAPL) lack of product innovation. But at least one aspect gave consumers a reason to celebrate. CNBC’s Jon Fortt astutely observed… Source link

Stock futures opened higher Monday evening after a mixed session earlier, as traders awaited a highly anticipated new inflation report. Contracts on the S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq were each slightly higher as the overnight session kicked off. During the regular trading day, the S&P 500 and Dow rose to each end five-session losing streaks, while the Nasdaq extended last week’s losses.  On Tuesday, traders are set to receive the Labor Department’s August consumer price index (CPI), which is likely… Source link

Krispy Kreme (DNUT) will look to take a price increase in September as it battles to protect margins from higher costs for key commodities such as edible oils and sugar.  CEO Mike Tattersfield said on Yahoo Finance Live the price hikes won’t be exorbitant, owing likely to the price sensitive consumer that frequents the donut-hawking brand.  “We are really disciplined on pricing. We are a dozens business, so we do always pay attention to an accessible price point. So when you think about the… Source link

A new study argues that skyrocketing college costs are a result of university leadership not prioritizing college affordability over profit. The report by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA), which looked at data from more than 1,500 four-year public and private, nonprofit colleges and universities, found that even though institutional spending has risen over the years alongside tuition, four-year graduation rates have not kept up. “The spending habits of higher education have… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Thursday, August 12, 2021 But other signs emerge of inflation sticking around In a July press conference, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was asked to define this summer’s biggest buzzword in markets: transitory.  “The concept of transitory is really this: It is that the increases will happen,” Powell said. “We’re not saying they will reverse…. Source link

WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) – U.S. consumer price increases slowed in July but inflation overall remained historically high amid continued supply-chain disruptions and stronger demand for travel-related services as economic activity rebounded.    The consumer price index increased 0.5% last month after climbing 0.9% in June, the Labor Department said on Wednesday.    In the 12 months through July, the CPI advanced 5.4%. Excluding the volatile food and energy components, the CPI rose… Source link

Stubbornly hot inflation will be unkind to the bottom line of Dollar Tree, warns Deutsche Bank.  Deutsche Bank analyst Krisztina Katai downgraded her rating on the dollar store to Hold from Buy on Monday, and slashed the price target to $102 from $129.  “We now see more balanced risk/reward, especially with renewed concerns around building inflationary pressures. We remain long-term believers in Dollar Tree’s story including the ongoing turnaround at Family Dollar, however, we are… Source link