All the data so far is showing inflation isn't going away, and is making things tough on the Fed

CNBC— The last batch of inflation news that Federal Reserve officials will see before their meeting next week is in, and none of it is very good.

Vox—Fed meeting: High interest rates probably aren’t going away. Even borrowing money is more expensive these days — and the Federal Reserve might decide to keep it that way for a while. All eyes are on the Fed’s May meeting today, where Fed chair Jerome Powell will make an announcement about interest rates. Though analysts do not expect the Fed to cut rates just yet, some had projected a cut might be coming soon. That now appears increasingly unlikely. Instead, his remarks are expected to shed light on how much longer the US economy will have to endure high...

Variety—The ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ Cast Can’t Stop Greeting Each Other as Primates: ‘That Is Never Going to Go Away’. The morning of the “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” premiere, stars of the film Peter Macon and Ras-Samuel discovered they were staying at the same hotel while getting breakfast. And when they met eyes from either end of the buffet line, they did not greet each other with a wave or a simple […]

www.counterpunch.org—Pezzullo: The Warmonger Who Won’t Go Away. The compromised former top boss of the Australian civil service has the lick and smell of belligerence. Begrudgingly conceding error and when in office, a bully and meddler in party politics, an incessant advocate of threats visible and invisible, Mike Pezzulo switches into a warmonger’s gear with ease. The former secretary of the Department of Home More