January 16, 2026/Cordros Report The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revised the 2025 inflation series to normalise the anticipated technical spike in December associated with the earlier CPI rebasing exercise. The NBS adopted the 12-month average for 2024 as the index reference period, rather than December 2024, as used in […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Trump Keeps Oil Traders Guessing on Iran
January 16, 2026/Oilprice.com Tom Kool Editor, Oilprice.com Oil markets are trapped in a Trump-driven guessing game, with Iran fears lifting prices one moment and calming signals pulling them back the next. Friday, January 16, 2026 Will Donald Trump attack Iran again or not? That has been the multi-billion-dollar question of […]
Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy Implementation
January 16, 2026/US Federal Reserve By Vice Chair Philip N. Jefferson Thank you, President Hasner, for the kind introduction. It is an honor to speak at Florida Atlantic University, and I am glad to have the chance to talk with those here from the American Institute for Economic Research and […]

