Three inflation indicators

The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 13 August 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

The economy cooled off a bit, but inflation is still really, really high. But, not all goods and services respond the same to a high inflation environment. Today on the show, we're talking about sticky prices, bonds, and that old chestnut, transitory inflation.

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0:00.0	NPR.
0:11.0	Hey you guys, do you hear that?
0:14.0	No.
0:16.0	Crickets, crickets.
0:18.0	That is the sigh of relief coming from the Federal Reserve, our central bank.
0:24.0	The latest inflation numbers, the CPI, came out earlier this week and prices cooled off a bit.
0:30.0	Yeah, it's maybe why I didn't hear the noise because it must be a really teeny teeny sigh.
0:34.0	Because inflation is still really really high at 8.5% from a year earlier.
0:39.0	Maybe a squeak? Is that the sound of Fed makes?
0:42.0	No, this is the sound of Fed makes.
0:44.0	That's what I was going to do the peanut's adult sound.
0:48.0	The peanut's adult sound. That is the sound.
0:50.0	That's not fair. We love the Fed.
0:53.0	How about another sound for indicators the week?
0:57.0	Zippy, I'm Whalen Wong.
1:01.0	And I'm Patty Hirsch.
1:03.0	And I'm Takasaka Takasau, Adrian Ma for indicators the week.
1:06.0	What we're going to do is dig into the latest inflation numbers.
1:09.0	Including what are sticky prices and what are inflation expectations?
1:14.0	Sticky prices. We promise it's not going to get too messy.
1:17.0	We can't make a promise like that.
1:19.0	That's coming up after the break.
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