Rising Pressure - Understanding Inflation’s Next Move

Season 5, Episode 30: Welcome back to Keeping it Real with Dr. Kuehl. This week Dr. Kuehl reports on a distressing inflation update…

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly economic update podcast. In Season 5, Episode 30 (8:20 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks to members about inflation, what does it mean, why economists worry about it.

• Inflation comes in 3 different categories – what are they?
• What is creeping inflation? Do we worry about this kind of inflation?
• What is walking inflation? Do we get high rates in this category?
• What is galloping inflation? We rarely see this – why?
• What is the worst category of them all? Have we ever seen the worst of the worst?
• Is the 3% inflation rate we are at now what we aimed for?
• What can we see with gas prices & other energy prices? Are we looking at an oil glut?
• When can the U.S. oil producers make money?
• Inflation continues to rise – does this affect the Fed’s decisions?
• What happens if inflation gets more aggressive?
• Rate reductions in 2026 – should we be optimistic?

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