Plus, what doesn't add up in this week's Fed news
| |  | | September 19, 2025 | | | | | | | | | - The most inflation-hit grocery items
- What doesn't add up in this week's Fed news
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| | | | | | | | Grocery Inflation Is Heating Up Again: How to Cope | | | By Dawn Papandrea
As tariff costs make their way to consumers, Americans may start to feel especially vulnerable at the supermarket. We all need to eat, and August's increase in grocery prices was the largest in any single month since 2022, according to the Consumer Price Index. The good news: The most significant hikes were concentrated within a few key categories. We break it down. | | | | | | | | |   | | The Fed Statement: Relationship Problems | I often reference relationship problems when talking about markets because I believe it's important to note when a relationship between two variables isn't working as it usually does. In the case of this week's Fed meeting, there are relationship problems between the Fed's economic and rate projections.
The economic projections didn't change for 2025 but reflect a more optimistic stance for 2026: GDP growth expectations moved up, unemployment expectations moved down, and inflation moved up a bit (perhaps due to stronger growth.)
The problem is, the Fed's rate projection moved down in both 2025 and 2026, meaning the committee sees more rate cuts coming than it did in June.
Why cut more if the economy is expected to strengthen and inflation is expected to rise? Something isn't adding up.
Read more | | | | | | |  | | Give yourself some extra credit ahead of the weekend with our newest quiz. Here's the first question as an appetizer: | 1) New cars have gotten so expensive that nearly one in five buyers are signing up for a monthly loan payment of at least ______.
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