Why did inflation increase in April?

May 17, 2016
The latest Consumer Price Index shows the largest monthly increase in more than three years.
 Clothes are displayed at a Manhattan store on May 17, 2016 in New York, New York. Consumer prices are up, according to the consumer price index.
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Weekly Wrap: Why the Fed hasn't raised interest rates again

Apr 29, 2016
Catherine Rampell and John Carney join Kai to recap the week that was.

The Fed still planning interest rate hikes — but when?

Apr 25, 2016
Economists predict the Fed will hold off on raising interest rates this week.
The Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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Interest rate hike looking unlikely — for now

Mar 16, 2016
Whether inflation is growing helps determine the Federal Reserve's decisions on raising interest rates.
The Federal Reserve is set to make an interest-rate announcement later Wednesday. 
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Listening closely to the Fed meeting

Mar 14, 2016
The challenge for the Fed is figure out just the right time to raise rates.
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks during a press conference following the announcement of an historic rate increase, the first since 2006, in Washington, DC, December 16, 2015. With all ears on the upcoming meeting, the challenge for the Fed is figure out just the right time to raise rates.
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Explaining low interest rates with country music

Mar 11, 2016
From the man that brought you a country jig about inflation.
Country singer, Merle Hazard.
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What's Janet Yellen thinking?

Feb 9, 2016
The Fed Chair prepares to testify before Congress about markets and the economy
Chair of the US Federal Reserve Janet Yellen testifies before a Joint Economic Committee hearing on 'The Economic Outlook,' on December 3, 2015.
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Japan's interest rates go negative

Jan 29, 2016
Japan's central bank introduces negative interest rates in a bid to spur investment.
Governor of the Bank of Japan (BoJ) Haruhiko Kuroda explains his negative interest rate plan using a board during his regular press conference in Tokyo on January 29, 2016.
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A conversation with a Federal Reserve Governor

Dec 18, 2015
Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal talks with Jerome Powell of the Federal Reserve