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Inflation Falls Below 3% Amid Persistent Housing Costs

Fan-Yu KuoAugust 14, 2024August 14, 202407 mins

Inflation dropped below a 3% annualized growth rate for the first time since March 2021 even though housing costs continue to climb. Nonetheless, the headline reading is another dovish signal for future monetary policy, following signs of weakness in the most recent job report.    Despite a slowdown in the year-over-year increase, shelter costs continue to…

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Federal Reserve Rate Cuts in View

Robert DietzAugust 1, 2024August 1, 202406 mins

The Federal Reserve’s monetary policy committee once again held constant the federal funds rate at a top target of 5.5% at the conclusion of its July meeting. In its statement, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) noted: “Recent indicators suggest that economic activity has continued to expand at a solid pace. Job gains have moderated,…

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Inflation Moderates Despite Persistent Housing Cost Growth

Fan-Yu KuoJune 12, 2024June 12, 202406 mins

Both overall and core inflation continued to ease in May as decline in gasoline price offset the increase the shelter cost. This is a dovish signal for future monetary policy. Despite a slowdown in the year-over-year increase, shelter costs continue to put upward pressure on inflation, accounting for over 60% of the total increase in…

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Housing Costs Continue to Drive Price Gains

Jing FuMay 15, 2024May 15, 202406 mins

Both overall and core inflation eased slightly in April amid higher costs for gasoline and shelter. On a year-over-year (YOY) basis, the shelter index rose by 5.5% in April, following a 5.7% increase in March. Despite a slowdown in the YOY increase, shelter costs continue to put upward pressure on inflation, accounting for nearly 70%…

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How Quickly Do Prices Respond to Monetary Policy?

Eric LynchApril 17, 2024April 16, 2025012 mins

As economist Milton Friedman once quipped, monetary policy has a history of operating with “long and variable lags.”[1] What Friedman was expressing is that it takes some time for the true effects of monetary policy, like the changing of the federal funds rate, to permeate completely through the larger economy. While some industries, like housing,…

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Demand Falls, Standards Remain Tight for Real Estate Loans in Q3 2023

David LoganNovember 10, 202302 mins

According to the Federal Reserve Board’s November 2023 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey (SLOOS), lending standards tightened for all commercial real estate (CRE) loan categories and most residential real estate (RRE) categories in the third quarter of 2023. Moreover, demand for RRE and CRE loans weakened across all categories over the quarter. A higher net…

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  • Macroeconomics

Fed Pauses Again: Housing in Focus

Robert DietzNovember 1, 202319 mins

The Federal Reserve’s monetary policy committee held the federal funds rate at a top target rate of 5.5% at the conclusion of its November meeting. While noting that the Fed was “strongly” committed to reducing inflation to its target rate, this marked the second meeting in a row of no increase as the central bank…

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