Egg Prices Surge Again Even as Inflation Eases

• DOJ investigates U.S. egg producers amid soaring prices

  The Department of Justice is investigating major U.S. egg producers for price fixing, as costs continue to rise. It comes as some lawmakers and advocacy groups accuse top U.S. egg producers of ...
  
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  Egg prices soar as inflation cools in first full month of Trump term

  Inflation report arrives as markets slide and recession fears grow.
  
  ABC News - 4h
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  U.S. Inflation Eased More Than Expected in February

  Economists are bracing for intensifying price pressures and slower growth, posing a challenge for the Federal Reserve.
  
  The New York Times - 30m

• Inflation worries resurfaced even before Trump ramped up tariffs. Don’t expect angst to go away.

  Wall Street was already nervous about a potential rise in inflation because of President Trump’s tariffs — and the last thing investors want to see is another disappointing reading on prices even ...
  
  MarketWatch - 1d

• Inflation rate eased to 2.8% in February, lower than expected

  The core consumer price index was expected to increase 0.3% in February and 3.2% from a year ago.
  
  CNBC - 5h

• Kugler says Fed should hold interest rates amid inflation risks

  Inflation could continue to be 'persistent' and prices could potentially increase again, Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler told CNBC's Silvia Amaro.
  
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  Stocks tank and egg prices soar under Trump | Lloyd Green

  Once again, the American economy is under the gun and under a microscope. In 2016, voters in the UK opted to leave the European Union hoping that the day after would deliver something better. ...
  
  The Guardian - 6h

• Justice Department is looking into egg prices in antitrust probe, report says

  A report in The Wall Street Journal says DOJ investigators are looking into whether egg producers are working together to keep egg prices high.
  
  CNBC - 5d
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  DOJ investigating major egg producers amid soaring prices: Sources

  The Justice Department is in the early stages of investigating the major egg producers over soaring egg prices, source familiar with the matter told ABC News.
  
  ABC News - 4d

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  Markets rose on better-than-expected inflation news, but uncertainty spurred by more rounds of tit-for-tat tariffs continued to weigh on investors.
  
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  High government debt is seen as stoking inflation, research shows.

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  Since the start of the war in Ukraine, the company moved quickly to meet Europe’s growing need for military spending.
  
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  Caroline Crenshaw, the lone Democratic commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission, is offering dissenting views at the regulatory agency reshaped by President Trump.
  
  The New York Times - 6h

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