Inflation Insights: CPI, PPI and the Road Ahead

Season 5, Episode 24: Welcome back to Keeping it Real with Dr. Kuehl! Keith Prather: Dr. Kuehl’s partner at Armada; talks to members about the inflation reports.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is out this week, but we are still back with a special economic update podcast hosted by Keith Prather: Managing Director at Armada. In Season 5, Episode 24 (8:27 in length), Keith talks to members about inflation, consumer & producer price index, and where inflation will be headed.

• The consumer price index – at retail levels are we seeing tariff pressure showing up?
• What industry sector was inflation spiked?
• Producer price index – what is happening on the tariff front?
• Section 232 – steel, aluminum, copper – are we seeing tariff pressure here?
• Impact from an industry perspective – what does this do to the federal reserve?
• Will we see inflation carry out next year?
• What is the fed leaning to do based on this assessment?
• What does the U.S. treasury plan to do with rates? Can we sustain any cuts?
• What would this do to mortgage rates within the residential sectors?
• GDP running hotter and ahead of expectations?
• Overly optimistic - are we picking up from all this new data?

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