“QE Fluff” and the Fed’s Inflation Fears
Skip to about about the 40 second mark of the CNBC video below to hear Peter Boockvar, Chief Market Analyst for the Lindsey Group, talking about nascent signs of higher inflation in the latest U.S....
View ArticleMoney Problems by Age Group
More fascinating survey data from the folks at Gallup on the nation’s economic woes comes via this report on how money problems vary by age group here in the U.S. To no one’s surprise, college costs...
View ArticleWholesale Prices Surge, Retail Prices On Tap
Today’s report on producer prices from the Labor Department has certainly heightened the anticipation for tomorrow’s reading on consumer prices, but, in some ways, that’s a lot like saying “one is...
View ArticleConsumer Prices Jump 0.3% in April
The Labor Department reported that consumer prices jumped 0.3 percent in April, due largely to the rising cost of food, motor fuel, and other transportation items as the annual rate of inflation in the...
View ArticleRosenberg on Inflation and the Fed
Gluskin Sheff chief economist David Rosenberg talks about such things as wage inflation where it matters and nascent rising prices with a ditzy Trish Regan who seems intent on extrapolating from a...
View ArticleConsumer Prices Rise, Inflation Reaches 2.1%
The Labor Department reported that annual inflation in the U.S. rose above 2 percent for the first time since late-2012 as a surge in energy prices added to broad-based inflation in other categories of...
View ArticleThe Deflation Bogeyman
Given this year’s tumbling oil prices, the image below from this QuickTake at Bloomberg seemed to be about as good a way as any to close out 2014 – Happy New Year! The article itself contains all the...
View ArticleInflation Since 1510 (in the U.K.)
Super long-term charts like the one below, painstakingly created at Deutsche Bank and appearing in this item at Business Insider, are fascinating in that they tell a story that few seem interested in...
View ArticleMaybe 2% Inflation Isn’t Ideal
Among the many rate-hike-related themes appearing in the financial media this week is what some are calling the Federal Reserve’s “Inflation Conundrum”, an homage to a similar stumping of the central...
View ArticleMeanwhile, in Venzuela…
By the tens of thousands, Venezuelans are crossing the border into Columbia (when the government allows the border to stay open) in order to buy basic goods. They’re predicting an annual inflation rate...
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