I had lunch with Richard Clarida a few years ago after meeting him at CNBC. He is a very nice guy, a Columbia economics professor, a...
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Well, it seems to be just about official: Inflation ex-inflation has formally become the policy of the Federal Reserve. At least,...
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A pair of not unrelated stories: First, today’s Dumb Headline of the Day, is this annoying piece courtesy of the NYT: Core...
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as of 3:04pm From the usually data (not spin) driven Bloomberg homepage: Inflation Stays in...
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CPI gets released this morning at 8:30. Consensus forecast for September 07 — both the headline number, and the Core — are...
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Last month, we discussed Exporting Inflation from China. Time liked the post so much they more or less ran it in the magazine: ...
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We interrupt our previously scheduled Black Monday retrospective to bring you this friendly inflation reminder. Even though Oil is at...
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Very funny original song, written and sung by Scott Pettersen, on everyone’s favorite Fed Chair/scapegoat, Easy Al. I really like...
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As bad as the markets looked today — and at times, there was some heavy selling — the word that kept coming back to me was...
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This is an amusing way to look at the US Dollar: How much iPod nano does the US dollar buy around the world? Just over 20 years ago, The...
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