Asset Allocation Bi-Weekly - The Inflation Surprise (8/22/2022)

When the July Consumer Price Index was released earlier this month, the stock market rallied on hopes that inflation has peaked and the Fed might be less inclined to raise interest rates. Was it a case of over-optimism? Confluence Chief Market Strategist Bill O'Grady reviews the numbers that were so well-received by financial markets and the arguments on both sides of the theory that inflation has peaked.