Season 4, Episode 5: Welcome back to Keeping it Real with Dr. Kuehl. This week Dr. Kuehl talks about inflation.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly economic update podcast. In Season 4, Episode 5 (8:23 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks about the latest inflation news. What does it mean, and what does it not mean?   

• Why were inflation numbers higher than expected? 
• All kinds of inflation, what do they each mean? Core inflation? Headline inflation?     
• What do the Fed’s pay attention to?
• What are the two assumptions when it comes to inflation?  
• Where are PCE numbers at? Is this where the Fed wants it to be?
• What does the slight increase in inflation
• numbers this week really mean?    
• The labor shortage – has it contributed at all?
• What scares the Fed??       
• Will the Fed lower rates in the second half of the year? Even if these inflation numbers continue to rise??     
• What affects ASA members the most with these reactions?

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