Inflation

Goods marked a 0.4% month-over-month price increase, compared with a 0.5% monthly increase in January, which is in line with analysts’ expectations

Derivatives markets show a 40% probability of rates eventually going greater than 5.5%, another possibility traders hadn’t considered at the beginning of February

Even a slight decline in the historically high inflation Americans have experienced for roughly 18 months is a cautiously positive sign, analysts say

Trade volumes for Russian ruble and Ukrainian hryvnia pairs spiked at critical points throughout the conflict — especially when fiat was threatened

Crypto and traditional equities are posting gains as sentiment shifts towards risk-on assets ahead of the next FOMC meeting

The index, a measure of trader sentiment, rose to its highest point on Thursday after hovering near record lows for more than a month last year

Hive Blockchain and Marathon Digital hit daily gains of 37% and 31%, respectively, as markets closed Thursday

Bitcoin traded well above $18,000 through Thursday afternoon in New York, even approaching $19,000 by the afternoon

Markets remain indecisive, with wide 2% swings seen in both directions shortly the report’s release

A guide to the various inflation hedging tactics and how they can be used in stablecoins

There’s an old trader’s saying that “in a crisis, correlations go to 1.0”

The IRS has opted to increase the estate-tax exclusion by $860,000 and raise income brackets by 7% in 2023

Investors seem confident that the central bank will continue its rate hikes this week with a 75 basis point increase announced Wednesday, followed by 50 basis points in December

Bitcoin, like gold, has been trading sideways for months, a period of unusually low volatility, but now looks poised to trend upward

Laguna Labs is launching the first cost-of-living-based ‘flatcoin’ as inflation remains stubbornly high

Central bankers could be forced into a pivot if economic conditions don’t improve

Powell was guarded when asked about what might come in November — markets are still betting on a 75 bps increase at the next FOMC meeting

Market participants expect future rate hikes to be more aggressive in response

Following Powell’s speech, markets predict chance of a 75 basis point September rate hike is slightly lower compared to earlier in the week

Futures markets are now pricing in a 53% chance of a 50 basis point hike and a 48% chance of a 75 basis point hike in September

July’s CPI report came in 0.2% lower than expected, showing an 8.5% increase in prices across the board year over year

Overall economic activity appears to have slowed a bit, Fed officials wrote in their statement released Wednesday, but employment remains high

Bitcoin and especially ether are up, but impending regulation could slow crypto’s latest run in aftermath of CPI data, analysts say

Bitcoin and ether both slid immediately following the release of the report, losing 2.5% and 3.4%, respectively, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq opened 1.6% lower

The economy added 372,000 jobs in June, but the unemployment rate was 3.6% — unchanged from May