Showing posts with label PPI. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PPI. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

The Non-Existent Inflationary Threat

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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...
Wednesday, March 7, 2012

1954: Prices and Fed Policy

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Prices were incredibly subdued in 1954.  Consider the following charts: The year over year percentage change in PPI was mild for the fi...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

1952: Inflation and Fed Policy

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This posting is part of the Bonddad Economic History Project   CPI was quite moderate.  The YOY percentage change started at 4% and s...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012

1951; Prices and Fed Policy

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This is part of the Bonddad Economic History Project Remember that the early 1950s saw tremendous growth in consumer demand and empl...
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Laughing at Laffer

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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.
Friday, May 15, 2009

Inflation Overview

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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 ...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009

A Closer Look at Inflation

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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...
Friday, March 20, 2009

A Closer Look At Inflation

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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...
Friday, February 20, 2009

Import, Producer and Consumer Price Round-Up

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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...