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The above chart shows the year over year percentage change in CPI and PPI, both the total number and core.  Notice that with the exceptio...

Prices were incredibly subdued in 1954.  Consider the following charts: The year over year percentage change in PPI was mild for the fi...

This posting is part of the Bonddad Economic History Project   CPI was quite moderate.  The YOY percentage change started at 4% and s...

This is part of the Bonddad Economic History Project Remember that the early 1950s saw tremendous growth in consumer demand and empl...

From the NY Fed: The Empire State Manufacturing Survey indicates that conditions for New York manufacturers improved for the sixth consecuti...

About the inflation scare, here's the YOY chart of PPI and CPI Now -- on a month over month basis, we're getting some stabilization.

Click on all images for a larger image From the BLS: The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods increased 0.3 percent in April, seasonally ...

We've had both PPI and CPI come out over the last two days. Let's take a look at the reports to see what they say: Form the BLS: Th...

Click on all pictures for a larger image. From the BLS: The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods advanced 0.1 percent in February, season...

From the BLS: Import prices fell 1.1 percent in January and 23.4 percent over the past six months. For the sixth consecutive month, petrole...