Just when you thought prices were finally cooling down and your grocery bill didn’t make you want to cry in the parking lot—bam! Inflation is rolling in like a wrecking ball. And let’s just say, if your wallet had feelings, it would be filing for emotional distress right about now. Inflation’s Back—And It Brought Friends …
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data today released the August 2022 Survey of Consumer Expectations, which shows that inflation expectations continued to decline across all horizons. Expectations about year-ahead price increases for gas also continued to decline, with households now expecting gas prices to be roughly unchanged a year from now. …
I will boldly go on the record and say that while there have been some fundamental shifts towards minimalism as a result of the economic downturn, those trends will reverse themselves if consumer confidence increases and credit becomes easier to access. I’m not being sanguine here, just a realist. People are emotionally attracted, as a …