Regional Fed Banks Publications, Research and Data
The Federal Reserve staff of economists and researchers is supposedly there to serve the Fed Board of Governors; But they also have a...
What the In-Crowd Knows
> In a column "Guide to the Blogs Insiders Read to Stay Current," this morning’s WSJ had some nice very things to say...
Sony issues recall for DRM crippled CDs
Sony totally caved on the DRM debacle: They issued a recall of about 5 million CDs. I am pleased to have made a contribution to...
Producer Prices Continue Ascent
Once again into the fray of inflation ex-inflation: Yesterday’s PPI data was not at all a net positive, despite the...
PPI data — Fun with Statistics?
Mike Panzner looks at the spread between the PPI and the nonsensical core rate: Over the past three decades, the spread between the...
Sony Vaio XL1 Digital Living System
Why on earth would anyone ever buy a $2300 PC PLUS a multi disc player in 2005? Wouldn’t it make more sense if the second part of...
WSJ: Housing Market Shows Further Signs of Cooling
"We believe the market has peaked." So says Doug Duncan, the Mortgage Bankers Association’s chief economist, referring to...
The world according to the Sony-BMG
Hopefully, this will be our last discussion of the Sony-BMG’s debacle. I suspect you are as tired of reading about it as I am...
Money Supply and the End of M3
Alex, I’ll take esoteric economic indicators for $100: Last week, the Federal Reserve System announced that, as of March 23,...
Chart of the Week: M1, M2, M3 Money Supply Components
While M2 appears to have grown the most over the past 3 decades, M3 is at presently the fastest growing aspect of Money Supply....