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Real GDP is often favored over nominal GDP as it accounts for the effects of inflation. Thus, if nominal GDP grew at 4% in a ...
Real Interest Rate. The real interest rate includes inflation to give investors a more accurate measure of their buying power. If an annual compounding bond lists a 6% nominal yield and the ...
Consider that if inflation is 2.45% over the next 10 years, the nominal and real 10-year Treasuries will generate identical results. (I’m fudging the ex ante math re: performance expectations a ...
As American households navigate a complex economic landscape, new analyses from leading economists reveal a stark reality ...
Household spending adjusted for inflation gained 4.7 per cent from a year ago in May, largely due to more car purchase. Read ...
Unfortunately, big supply shocks, including tariffs, can temporarily affect the inflation rate, and it is difficult to distinguish between supply shocks and demand shocks in real time.To overcome this ...
Few would find fault with the steady, gradual decline in U.S. inflation, but it has recently come with an unwelcome side effect: rising 'real' borrowing costs.
Real GDP is often favored over nominal GDP as it accounts for the effects of inflation. Thus, if nominal GDP grew at 4% in a given year, but the inflation rate was 5%, it actually shrunk by 1% in ...