<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/newsroom/press-releases/2024/inflation-report-prices-declined.php" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>07/02/2024</pubDate><title>FAU Economist: Prices Declined in May, Signaling More Buying Power for Consumers</title><description>As the country experienced mild deflation in May, it might be time for the Federal Reserve to lower the federal funds rate, according to an economist at Florida Atlantic University. 	</description><author>Amber Bonefont</author><email>abonefont@fau.edu</email><image><img src="https://faucob.omniweb.cloud/images/business/newsroom/images/2024-07-01%20Inflation%20Report%20PR.jpg" alt="Inflation Report"/></image><category>Academics,Faculty/Staff,Research</category><tags><tag>Faculty-Research</tag><tag>Monthly-Inflation-Report</tag><tag>Press-Releases</tag></tags></item>