About this episode

Megan discusses the impact of inflation on consumers and the Federal Reserve's potential response based on recent economic data.

Inflation pressures are continuing to build, consumers are feeling squeezed, and the Federal Reserve may be forced to stay higher for longer. In today’s episode of Markets with Megan, Megan lays out a massive day of economic data covering housing, inflation, consumer spending, GDP, and what it all means for markets and interest rates. 🏠 Topics Megan Covers: • New home sales fell sharply across most regions • Median new home prices surged 8% in one month • Core PCE inflation rose 3.3%, the h...

People in this episode

Host: Megan Horneman

Topics covered

• inflation
• consumer spending
• economic data
• housing market
• interest rates

Keywords

• inflation
• consumer spending
• Federal Reserve
• housing market
• economic data
• interest rates
• PCE inflation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Federal Reserve

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