2/3rds of Industrial Bond Market = Junk
Fascinating discussion today via Barron’s Alan Abelson. He looks at som interesting ideas from MacroMavens, who raise some...
Chinese Inflation? (Not what you think)
I mentioned a new column on why Inflation is real the other day (here). But an incident today was so telling re: measuring...
The Core Inflation Lobby
There is a dividing line between supporters of the so-called Core rate of inflation and those economists I taken to referring as...
New Fed Chair: Ben Bernanke
Two immediate thoughts come to mind about this, one economic and one political: 1) Ben Bernanke is a safe, strong choice, sure to be...
The Unpleasant Truth About Inflation
As mentioned, the full column setting the record straight on inflation is up, titled The Unpleasant Truth About Inflation. Its in the...
The Inflation Evil That Lurks
Hey, guess what? More mainstream media discovery that Inflation is lurking! Yesterday, it was the NYT, today, the WSJ: "A specter...
Read it here first: If You Don’t Eat or Drive,...
Dan Gross drinks the Inflation ex-inflation kool aid: "ASIDE from the stuff that’s becoming more expensive, like food and...
New Column up at Real Money (10/22/05): The Truth About Inflation
As promised, my column setting the record straight on inflation is up, titled The Truth About Inflation. Regular readers of this blog...
Wrong on Inflation!
Gee, with everything costing more these days, its a welcome relief that inflation is so low; Otherwise, we’d really be in trouble!...
Tuition Rising Faster than Inflation
Gee, with everything costing more these days, its a welcome relief that inflation is so low; Otherwise, we’d really be in trouble....