“Tight labor markets have raised concerns about the role of labor costs in persistently high inflation readings....
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I have a new thesis I have been noodling around with: All of those Square credit card processing machines you use to pay for...
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Jerome Powell and the Federal Reserve spend a lot of time worrying about Inflation Expectations. They shouldn’t. Generally,...
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First, the good news: Consumer Price Index (CPI) came in modest at 0.4%, with a year-over-year print of 4.9%. I love the 4 handle...
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Imagine you had a device that allowed you to peer into the future. You enter a subject matter into this machine, requesting a...
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At least they told us what they were going to do. As much as critics of the Federal Reserve have been up in arms over the fastest...
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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.1 percent in March on a...
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Very useful dashboard via the St. Louis Fed, which maintains the fabulous FRED database. With a clean and simple interface, it puts all...
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Most podcasts have a Q&A between a guest and the host. Whenever I get together with Pete, it’s just two idiot friends...
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Last week, I discussed the December CPI print; it showed further evidence that inflation is coming down substantially. But...
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