Finance
Chambersburg CPI Entry: Who Gains, What Data Changes, and When
Chambersburg is expected to join the Consumer Price Index in October 2026, but the available evidence does not yet show how its prices will be weighted or reported.
Markets & Economy
Market moves, inflation, monetary policy and the economic forces shaping prices, jobs and investment decisions.
Finance
Lost SNAP Food: What Recipients Should Verify Before Seeking Replacement Benefits
A Hawaiʻi Public Radio report says some SNAP recipients who lost food may qualify for replacement benefits, but the available evidence does not establish eligibility rules, deadlines or the application process.
Finance
Prediction Markets Get a CFTC Advisory Forum as Rules Stay Unsettled
The CFTC’s new Innovation Advisory Committee brings prediction-market and exchange executives into a formal advisory process, but the supplied documents show no new rule or market authorization.
Finance
Wholesale Inflation Cooled in July. Gas Prices Are the Next Test
Producer prices were flat in July and annual wholesale inflation slowed, giving the Fed room to wait. A gasoline rebound could quickly complicate that relief.
Finance
July Inflation Eased, but the Fed Question Is Now About Durability
July inflation offered households and markets some relief. The harder question is whether housing, energy and wages will allow that improvement to last.
Finance
Stocks Look Expensive by Dot-Com-Era Measures. That Still Isn’t a Timing Signal.
A familiar valuation warning is back in circulation. It is useful context for risk, but it cannot tell an investor what the market will do next week.
Finance
Stocks rose after a weak jobs report. The real story is what the market is betting on.
July payrolls fell by 23,000, yet major U.S. indexes climbed. Investors were not celebrating lost jobs; they were repricing the likely path of rates, inflation and corporate earnings.
