Tariffs have played a small role so far in rising inflation
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US stocks turned mixed after June inflation data. Investors now turn to earnings. Nvidia jumps on hopes for China chip sales, lifting Nasdaq to record
The White House keeps insisting that inflation is a thing of the past. The latest Consumer Price Index numbers help prove otherwise.
Markets aren’t acting like this is a reality, however. Benchmark 2-year U.S. Treasury note yields rose just two basis points following the inflation release, to 3.946%, and 10-year paper is holding at 4.475%. Stocks are also trading at the highest levels on record.
Albertsons shares falls as the gross margin rate drops to the lowest rate in five years, as the company tried to keep prices down despite rising costs.
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National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, a top economic advisor to Trump, on Monday rebuked concerns about tariff-related inflation. The Fed, Hassett told CNBC, has been "very, very wrong" in its assessment of a potential resurgence of price increases.
Social Security recipients will get a raise, but a big increase in premiums for Medicare Part B may erode that boost for many people.
Inflation rose last month to its highest level in four months as the cost of gas, food, and groceries rose, reversing several months of cooling price pressures.
Consumer prices rose faster than in May, with increases in furniture, clothing and other tariff-sensitive items.
The consumer price index rose 2.7% on an annual basis in June 2025, up from 2.4% in May, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, the full impact of President Donald Trump's tariffs is still to come,