U.S. GDP grew at an annual rate of 4.9 percent in this year’s third quarter, the commerce department reported.
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INFLATION LARGELY UNCHANGED IN SEPTEMBER
Consumer prices grew by 0.4 percent in September from August and 3.7 percent on the year, the U.S. Labor Department reported. Dow Jones had estimated 0.3 and 3.6 percent, respectively.
INFLATION ASSAULTS COMMODITIES
In 2021, Liontown Resources had budgeted $300 million for its new Australian lithium mine. The budget now is twice that.
BUNDESBANK PRESIDENT WARNS AGAINST ENTRENCHED INFLATION
“At all costs,” the European Central Bank (ECB) must prevent inflation from becoming entrenched across the Eurozone’s economy, Joachim Nagel, president of Germany’s central bank, said in a speech last week.
IS INFLATION HEADING BACK HIGHER?
In August, U.S. inflation moved up to 3.7 percent after registering 3.2 percent in July. It was the first month-to-month increase in a year.
U.S. CONSUMER INFLATION, WHOLESALE PRICES SPEED UP IN AUGUST
U.S. inflation rose from July’s 3.2 percent annually to 3.7 percent in August, driven higher by rising gasoline prices, the U.S. labor department reported. Analysts had expected the figure to rise to 3.6 percent.
AS INFLATION SLOWS, PROFITS FALL TOO
After-tax corporate profits in this year’s second quarter were 9.4 percent below those of a year earlier, the U.S. Commerce Department reported in late August, although companies listed in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index showed only a 2.9-percent decline in earnings per share, data service Refinitiv said.
INFLATION EASES BUT FOOD PRICES WILL KEEP RISING
Global food prices will continue to increase even though inflation in many countries is waning, analysts are predicting.
INFLATION SLOWS AND GROWTH SLOWLY RISES IN THE EUROZONE
In July, inflation across the 20 countries sharing the euro currency edged down to 5.3 percent from 5.5 percent in June, reaching its slowest pace since January 2022, and the area’s GDP expanded by 0.3 percent in the second quarter.
INFLATION IS FALLING BUT MAJOR BRANDS KEEP RAISING PRICES
Coca-Cola, Pepsico, and Unilever are among many familiar brands that have raised prices sharply this year while posting comfortable profits, according to a Wall Street Journal report.