BLS to Discontinue Selected PPIs BLS to Discontinue Selected PPIs

Falling responses, budgets & staff are biting. #BLS will cut 350 #ProducerPriceIndex #inflation sub-indexes.
It'll be harder to gauge effects of #supplychain disruptions, #tariffs, #monetary, #fiscal & #regulatory #policy and more.

www.bls.gov/ppi/notices/...
#econsky #PPI @aaronsojourner.org

MNI INTERVIEW: Fed Independence Facing Imminent Risk - Menand MNI interviews legal scholar and ex-NY Fed staffer Lev Menand on whether Trump could fire Jerome Powell.

Fed independence at even greater risk than markets realize, former top Treasury adviser says www.mnimarkets.com/articles/mni...

MNI INTERVIEW: Independent Fed Key To Inflation Fight - Raskin MNI interviews former Fed governor Sarah Bloom Raskin on threats to Fed independence.

MNI INTERVIEW: Fed Independence Key To Sustaining Inflation Fight, Former Gov. Raskin Says www.mnimarkets.com/articles/mni...

MNI INTERVIEW: Fed Backing Away From 2025 Cuts, Says Lacker MNI speaks with the former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond on the outlook for monetary policy.

Fed Backing Away From 2025 Rate Cuts, Says Ex-Richmond Fed President Jeff Lacker www.mnimarkets.com/articles/mni...

MNI: Fed SEP To Show 2 Or Fewer Cuts, Two-Sided Economy Risks MNI reports on the outlook for the Fed's Summary of Economic Projections for March.

Fed SEP To Show 2 Or Fewer Cuts, Two-Sided Economy Risk www.mnimarkets.com/articles/mni...

MNI INTERVIEW: Tariffs Cloud Outlook Of Strong Services - ISM MNI (WASHINGTON) - U.S. services activity expanded briskly in February despite some drag from recent federal government cutbacks, thothe outlook is clouded by the Trump administration's tariff policie...

"We're seeing three months in a row or prices paid above 60 and it hasn't been like that since March of 2023, near the end of the severe inflationary period. That's an area of concern to see if that continues." - ISM services survey chief marketnews.com/mni-intervie...

NY Fed survey finds "firms expect both cost and price increases to move higher in 2025." libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2025/03/firms-

Banxico appears on the verge of its first rate cut in this cycle, a momentous decision that has officials wondering what kind of forward guidance they should deliver to financial markets marketnews.com/mni-policy-b...

US consumer savings to underpin demand into 2024, SF Fed economists say marketnews.com/mni-intervie...