Definitely being strained. The latest is super value. That grocer cut its profit outlook for the year in large part because of food price deflation but also because of increased competition. And that sent shares of super value down 9. 5 in trading today. Its not just super value. Yesterday we reported that Sprouts Farmers Market cut its guidance because of significant ongoing deflation. Californiabased smart and final stores cut its outlook in july for the same reason, and Dollar General also mentioned deflation as a threat on its Earnings Call last month. Tomorrow kroger, the countrys largest supermarket chain, and a barometer for the industry reports earnings, and many are expecting to hear much of the same. Susan lee takes a look at the expiring fortunes of the grocery industry. Carton of eggs, 40 cheaper, whole milk that costs 11 left, beef, pork and chicken at a discount from 2015. Fruit prices have been falling for nine straight months, according to the bureau of labor statistics
The latest is super value. That grocer cut its profit outlook for the year in large part because of food price deflation but also because of increased competition. And that sent shares of super value down 9. 5 in trading today. Its not just super value. Yesterday we reported that Sprouts Farmers Market cut its guidance because of significant ongoing deflation. Californiabased smart and final stores cut its outlook in july for the same reason, and Dollar General also mentioned deflation as a threat on its Earnings Call last month. Tomorrow kroger, the countrys largest supermarket chain, and a barometer for the industry reports earnings, and many are expecting to hear much of the same. Susan lee takes a look at the expiring fortunes of the grocery industry. Carton of eggs, 40 cheaper, whole milk that costs 11 left, beef, pork and chicken at a discount from 2015. Fruit prices have been falling for nine straight months, according to the bureau of labor statistics and on track for the longe
Definitely being strained. The latest is super value. That grocer cut its profit outlook for the year in large part because of food price deflation but also because of increased competition. And that sent shares of super value down 9. 5 in trading today. Its not just super value. Yesterday we reported that Sprouts Farmers Market cut its guidance because of significant ongoing deflation. Californiabased smart and final stores cut its outlook in july for the same reason, and Dollar General also mentioned deflation as a threat on its Earnings Call last month. Tomorrow kroger, the countrys largest supermarket chain, and a barometer for the industry reports earnings, and many are expecting to hear much of the same. Susan lee takes a look at the expiring fortunes of the grocery industry. Carton of eggs, 40 cheaper, whole milk that costs 11 left, beef, pork and chicken at a discount from 2015. Fruit prices have been falling for nine straight months, according to the bureau of labor statistics
Premature tightening and the fed needs to guard against getting back into the zero or lower bound once it were to lift off. He says the fed should not repeat mistakes. Once the said does lift off, evans saying the path of increases should be kept, quote, shallow for some time. Even says the fed could allow, quote, modest overshooting of inflation, letting the inflation rate run above that two percent target for some time. Inflation breakout, he says, is not likely in todays economic environment in part because theres a good deal of slack that remains in the labor market and he sees that in wage growth being modest and in the number of involuntary parttime workers who had says keep a lid on wage growth. Charles evans, a dove sounding little more dovish in the last several days while the hawks, tyler, sound a little more hawkish. Back to you. Steve, ill take it. Before we bring in bob to talk about this, heres a check on the market reaction. We gained a little bit on those remarks, not a