The Federal Reserve is expected to increase interest rates again Wednesday, which means the cost of borrowing money for home mortgages and credit cards is about to go even higher, but there is good news on the inflation front. According to Rutgers University economist...
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NJSPL – ‘Tis the Season: An Inflationary Lamentation
The latest NJPL blog discusses the rising change in holiday-related costs this year, including groceries and presents. Many are relying more heavily on credit cards to make purchases.
Halloween Treats Win over Inflation
Nationwide, the price of candy was upabout 13% in September compared with a year earlier, according to figures from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. Datasembly, a research firm that tracks consumer prices, found one of the sharpest increases among...
Raising Rates is the Wrong Response to the Inflation Crisis
The last year of inflation has disproportionately hurt low-income and nonwhite families — those with the least flexibility in their monthly budgets to absorb higher prices. Now those same groups could be hurt by economic policymakers’ plan to tackle inflation through...
How Will the Economy Affect the Midterm Elections?
Prof. Michael L. Lahr, Director, Rutgers Economic Advisory Service (R/ECON™), was quoted on the upcoming elections. "While the economy is on everyone's radar and will undoubtedly be a reason folks vote for one candidate or another, no candidate (not even the...
Hughes Talks About Inflation and Recession with Rhonda Schaffler on NJ Business Beat
Dean Emeritus James W. Hughes focuses on the positive aspects of the NJ economy right now, but predicts we will be moving into a recession in 2023.
Prof. Michael L. Lahr Quoted in ABC’s Segment on Rising Food Prices
Prof. Michael L. Lahr was quoted in this video segment hosted by Jaclyn Lee via WPVI-TV in Philadelphia, PA. Following this week's Wall Street drop, and steady inflation numbers, Ms. Lee asked local residents how the rising food prices are impacting them. Professor...
Inflation Is Causing Real Pain. But Raising Interest Rates Will Make It Worse
Today American policymakers face a stark choice. Either, they can fight inflation by continuing to hike interest rates to generate unemployment and bring down aggregate demand. Or, they can employ a surgical approach that reins in the price increases that...
Consumers in ‘very sour mood’ as inflation outpaces wages
The prices of gas, home energy and food all spiked by double digits over the past month, but wages aren't keeping up, with annual inflation now topping 9%. "It’s leading to a very sour mood,” said James W. Hughes, dean emeritus at Rutgers University’s Edward J....
Political wrap-up: The 3 -tions: Inflation, Abortion, and the Election
Wrapping up with three hot topics in national politics, the important races of the 2022 midterm elections, and what inflation and abortion could mean for the election.