Rising Pressure - Understanding Inflation’s Next Move

24/10/2025 8 min Temporada 5 Episodio 31
Rising Pressure - Understanding Inflation’s Next Move

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Season 5, Episode 30: Welcome back to Keeping it Real with Dr. Kuehl. This week Dr. Kuehl reports on a distressing inflation update…ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly economic update podcast. In Season 5, Episode 30 (8:20 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks to members about inflation, what does it mean, why economists worry about it.Inflation comes in 3 different categories – what are they?What is creeping inflation? Do we worry about this kind of inflation?What is walking inflation? Do we get high rates in this category?What is galloping inflation? We rarely see this – why?What is the worst category of them all? Have we ever seen the worst of the worst?Is the 3% inflation rate we are at now what we aimed for?What can we see with gas prices & other energy prices? Are we looking at an oil glut?When can the U.S. oil producers make money?Inflation continues to rise – does this affect the Fed’s decisions?What happens if inflation gets more aggressive?Rate reductions in 2026 – should we be optimistic?Ask Dr. Kuehl a QuestionHave a question or topic for Chris Kuehl that you would like answered on this podcast? Email it to Brianna Dovichi at [email protected].