Back in June, we noted that the U.K.was foreshadowing the U.S. economy. That remains true today: The British economy seems...
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Producer Prices in September soared "by the largest amount in more than 15 years." While the Sunshine squad blamed...
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Similar to Twain’s observation, reports of inflation’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Despite tales to the contrary, it is...
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Before 1983, CPI measured housing inflation by looking at what it cost to own a home (house prices, mortgage, property taxes). After 83,...
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Adjust this! We visited the issue of BLS "Owners Equivalent Rent" in CPI back in May (and several times since). But we...
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Barron’s Alan Abelson shares my disdain for ginned up CPI data: When it comes to the so-called professional response to economic...
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I’m travelling today, but I have to at least toss up a quick inflation chart, via WSJ. Note that the inflation ex-inflation...
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