Inflation Insights: CPI, PPI and the Road Ahead

Season 5, Episode 24: Welcome back to Keeping it Real with Dr. Kuehl! Keith Prather: Dr. Kuehl’s partner at Armada; talks to members about the inflation reports.ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is out this week, but we are still back with a special economic update podcast hosted by Keith Prather: Managing Director at Armada. In Season 5, Episode 24 (8:27 in length), Keith talks to members about inflation, consumer & producer price index, and where inflation will be headed.The consumer price index – at retail levels are we seeing tariff pressure showing up?What industry sector was inflation spiked?Producer price index – what is happening on the tariff front?Section 232 – steel, aluminum, copper – are we seeing tariff pressure here?Impact from an industry perspective – what does this do to the federal reserve?Will we see inflation carry out next year?What is the fed leaning to do based on this assessment?What does the U.S. treasury plan to do with rates? Can we sustain any cuts?What would this do to mortgage rates within the residential sectors?GDP running hotter and ahead of expectations? Overly optimistic - are we picking up from all this new data?Ask Dr. Kuehl a QuestionHave a question or topic for Chris Kuehl that you would like answered on this podcast? Email it to Bri Baresel at [email protected].