Inflation Trends in a Rising Interest Rate Environment: An Analysis of Growth Rate Trends for the Food Component of CPI in 2022

Authors

Presenter(s)

John Deeley

Comments

Presentation: 9:00-10:15 a.m., Kennedy Union Ballroom

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Description

In 2022, due to rapidly rising inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve initiated an aggressive policy of monetary tightening primarily through increases in the Federal Funds Rate. In this study I focus on the food component of CPI and look to see if the significant rise in the Federal Funds Rate has had a dampening effect on the growth in food inflation. I also compare inflation growth rate trends in the food component of CPI to the inflation growth rate trends in overall CPI to see if the growth rates follow a similar trend pattern.I used year over year by month growth rates in inflation and rolling 3 month growth rates in inflation annualized to determine the trend direction for both the food component and overall CPI.

Publication Date

4-19-2023

Project Designation

Independent Research

Primary Advisor

Jon Fulkerson, Robert Dean

Primary Advisor's Department

Economics and Finance

Keywords

Stander Symposium, School of Business Administration

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Scholarship

Recommended Citation

"Inflation Trends in a Rising Interest Rate Environment: An Analysis of Growth Rate Trends for the Food Component of CPI in 2022" (2023). Stander Symposium Projects. 2825.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/stander_posters/2825