The Big Picture

We’ve been discussing quite a few inflation related issues lately. Here’s an overview: • Inflation/Shminflation an...

What would you think of forming a company to buy those private firms that that have already been looked over and rejected by the best...

Barron’s agrees with our assessment that, CPI not withstanding, there is actually some inflation out there. Add Oil and Fed...

I thought 5 flights in 5 days was a pain in the arse — until I had to fly out of the very same airport where there was just an...

Now that I’ve ditched Technorati for Google Blog Search, I discoverd that the Big Picture ranks pretty well at Technorati —...

This will be the last in our series on inflation for today (hopefully). As we noted earlier, there is historical precedent for Central...

Erik points us to this fascinating history of the core rate of inflation (aka Inflation ex-inflation), via the Economist: "Stephen...

You know the drill: The (modified) leading indicators come out yesetrday — weak once again; The excuse making should begin...

Glad this was downgraded to a category 4: click for larger graphic Courtesy of WSJ Source: With Refineries in Rita’s Path, Sector...

The spin these days is that all of these disasters — 9/11, Iraq Insurgency, New Orleans flood — were both unthinkable and...