{"id":15135,"date":"2017-04-09T20:54:24","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T00:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=15135"},"modified":"2017-04-09T20:54:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T00:54:24","slug":"inflation-surges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/09\/inflation-surges\/","title":{"rendered":"Inflation surges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inflation is rising, with CPI climbing steeply above the Fed&#8217;s 2% target. But core CPI excluding energy and food remains stable.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Consumer Price Index\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2017\/2017-04-07-cpi.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Consumer Price Index\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Job gains were the lowest since May 2016.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Job Gains\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2017\/2017-04-07-jobs.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Job Gains\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But the unemployment rate fell to a low 4.5%.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Unemployment\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2017\/2017-04-07-jobless.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Unemployment\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hourly wage rate growth has eased below 2.5%, suggesting that underlying inflationary pressures are contained.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Average Hourly Earnings Growth\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2017\/2017-04-07-hourly.png?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Average Hourly Earnings Growth\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Fed is unlikely to accelerate its normalization of interest rates unless we see a surge in core inflation and\/or hourly earnings growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inflation is rising, with CPI climbing steeply above the Fed&#8217;s 2% target. 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