Marketing & Communications Briefs
2022
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CPI Reaction—Prices Hit Another 41-year High
July 13 | Erik Lundh, Senior Economist, Global, The Conference Board | Comments (0)Prices increased both month-over-month and relative to a year ago, providing further reason for the Fed to follow through with a 75bp rate hike on July 27th
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CPI Reaction—Prices Reach 41-year High Supporting Fed Hike
June 10 | Dana M. Peterson, Chief Economist and Leader, Economy, Strategy & Finance Center, The Conference Board | Comments (0)Although prices for select durables are falling, the war in Ukraine continues to stoke nondurables prices, particularly for food and energy.
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April retail sales continued to expand despite headwinds
May 17 | Erik Lundh, Senior Economist, Global, The Conference Board | Comments (0)The latest retail sales data show an economy that still has momentum despite headwinds from high inflation and rising interest rates.
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March Retail Sales Rise, but Inflation Undermines Impact
April 14 | Erik Lundh, Senior Economist, Global, The Conference Board | Comments (0)This is the second consecutive month of weakness in real retail sales.
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Ukraine War Drives March CPI to 8.5% YoY
April 12 | Erik Lundh, Senior Economist, Global, The Conference Board | Comments (0)This key measure of consumer price inflation is now at the highest rate recorded since December 1981.
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Rising Inflation Slows Household Consumption
March 31 | Erik Lundh, Senior Economist, Global, The Conference Board | Dana M. Peterson, Chief Economist and Leader, Economy, Strategy & Finance Center, The Conference Board | Comments (0)Personal consumption slowed in February reflecting some likely payback from a surge in spending in January.
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Ukraine Invasion Begins to Impact CPI
March 10 | Erik Lundh, Senior Economist, Global, The Conference Board | Comments (0)This key measure of consumer price inflation is now at the highest rate recorded since January 1982.
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Omicron’s Impact on Spending, Incomes & Inflation Mixed
February 25 | Erik Lundh, Senior Economist, Global, The Conference Board | Comments (0)January Personal Income & Outlays data, released this morning, show an economy grappling with the worst of the Omicron wave.
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January Retail Sales Rise Despite Omicron
February 16 | Erik Lundh, Senior Economist, Global, The Conference Board | Comments (0)Retail spending in January rose $23.5 billion to $649.8 billion for the month – up 3.8 percent from the previous month and up 13.0 percent from a year earlier.
