NYSE trading floor with screens showing stocks sliding as rising U.S. Treasury yields and Walmart (WMT) earnings pressure risk assets on August 20, 2026.
April’s consumer price index didn’t exactly crash the party, but it did show up with an extra guest: a touch more inflation than markets ordered. Year‑over‑year CPI rose about 3.8% in April, marginally topping economists’ expectations of roughly 3.7% and marking a…
US wholesale prices jumped more than expected in January, complicating the “soft landing” narrative but stopping well short of an outright inflation scare.
Wholesale Prices Run Hotter Than Forecast
The Labor Department’s producer price index (PPI), a key gauge of inflation before…