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....
Is NICE (Non-Inflationary Consistently Expansionary) Over?
Back in June, we noted that the U.K.was foreshadowing the U.S. economy. That remains true today: The British economy seems...
Wholesale Prices Surge 1.9%, most since 1974
Producer Prices in September soared "by the largest amount in more than 15 years." While the Sunshine squad blamed...